National park, jungles in Merapoh gazetted as tiger research areas

TEMERLOH: Taman Negara and the jungles of Merapoh, Lipis have been gazetted as tiger habitat research areas in Pahang.

Pahang Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan) director Khairiah Mohd Sharif said Taman Negara (National Park), the Main Range and several forests in Perak, Terengganu and Johor had been home to tigers.


"Tigers like cool wetland areas which offer them sufficient food sources," she told Bernama, here, today.

She said based on Perhilitan''s study, there were currently 500 tigers in the forests of the peninsula.

"They are totally protected and cannot be hunted or kept," she said.


According to the new Wildlife Conservation Act 2010, which took affect this year, those who kill, posses the meat, nails, skin or other parts of the tiger can be charged under Section 68 of the Act, which carries a jail term of up to five years and a fine of up to RM500,000. -- BERNAMA

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