And your planet can only be complete with tigers if you fight to make sure they stay!
MYCAT will be raising tiger conservation awareness to members of the public at a major event* at the FGS Dong Zen temple, Jenjarom, in conjunction with Chinese New Year.
Here is your chance to make your mark and add to your list of positive actions you took for tigers in the Year of the Tiger 2010.
Volunteer to help us spread the message and raise funds for tiger conservation! You will be briefed prior to the event and armed with the tools of the trade, so don’t worry if you have no experience. All you need is a desire to ensure the tiger’s future is secure – though if you speak Mandarin or any Chinese dialect, that would be a very useful bonus!
February 20, 2010 (Saturday) 4pm – 10pm FGS Dong Zen temple, Jenjarom (Click here for map)
Interested? Fill in the Volunteer Form and submit to
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There are less than 3,000 tigers left roaming the planet, a drastic decline from 100,000 tigers just a short century ago.
There used to be nine tiger sub-species worldwide, but in the last 70 years, three have gone extinct - the Balinese, Caspian and Javan. Globally, the tiger has lost 93% of its habitat in the last 100 years.
The Malayan tiger Panthera tigris jacksoni found only in the Malay Peninsula, was recognized in 2004 as the ninth sub-species. In the 1950s, there were an estimated 3,000 tigers in Peninsular Malaysia. Today, only about 500 Malayan tigers are believed to remain, but no one knows for certain.
The initial decline in tiger numbers was primarily due to large-scale loss of habitat but in more recent times, the most urgent threat is poaching for its body parts, persecution by angry villagers, and starvation as their prey is over-harvested.
Threats to the survival of wild tigers are mounting and a world without wild tigers may become a reality in our lifetime unless drastic measures are taken.
The tiger is endangered. It is in trouble, and the time to save the tiger is now or never. The Malayan tiger needs greater interest, concern and action from the Malaysian public.
More Malaysians must join the fight to save the tiger. It may not take much to push our tiger closer to extinction, but Malaysia must act urgently if we are to save our national icon of strength, beauty and courage.
