Camera traps set up after tiger seen by roadside in Fraser’s Hill
Wildlife officials set up four camera traps after photographs were posted on social media on the tiger sighting.
On a roadside in Fraser's Hill, a sighting of a Malayan tiger sparked a response from wildlife officials. The tiger was reported beside the Raub-Kuala Kubu Baru road, according to a Facebook post. The Pahang wildlife director, Yusoff Shariff, announced that camera traps had been installed following the report, which was received around 9am the previous day.
Four officers conducted an investigation at the site where the sighting occurred. They installed four camera traps to monitor the area further. Shariff stated that monitoring efforts in the region will continue to gather more information regarding the presence of the tiger. Several photographs of the tiger were posted on social media, eliciting various reactions from the public.
The Malayan tiger, Malaysia's national animal, is a subspecies native to Peninsular Malaysia. Classified as critically endangered, the population was estimated at 80-120 mature individuals as of April 2014.
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