Category: Animal Rights EN

A heartbreaking scene captured on an Indian highway in 2016 shows two elephants touching trunks in a final farewell before being separated and sent to different zoos. This emotional moment highlights the deep social bonds, intelligence, and capacity for love and grief that elephants possess. The image serves as a poignant reminder of the complex emotional lives of elephants and the ethical...

Elephants are majestic creatures that deserve respect and protection. Sadly, human greed has driven the demand for elephant tusks, often leading to these incredible animals being killed for profit. Behind every piece of ivory – whether it be a full tusk or carved trinket – is a dead elephant. Poachers kill about 20,000 elephants every single year for their tusks, which are then traded...

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) would like to draw attention to a recent public concern over Apoh, a black panther at Zoo Negara, after photographs circulated in news reports and on social media showed the animal appearing overweight. While Zoo Negara has stated that the panther is healthy, the incident highlights wider concerns about the risks of obesity in captive wildlife,...

In a heartwarming move for wildlife conservation, Japan has started building "turtle tunnels" beneath busy railway tracks – specially designed to help small animals like turtles, frogs, and crabs cross safely without getting crushed by passing trains. These tunnels, placed near known animal crossing zones, guide creatures toward safety and prevent fatal collisions, which were becoming a...

If wildlife could speak they would tell us that humans are the most terrifying predator on the planet. Wildlife worldwide fear the human ‘super predator’ far more than other predators, studies show. > A 2023 African study reveals that animals (eg: giraffes, leopards, zebras, warthogs and hyenas) were twice as likely to flee, and they abandoned waterholes 40% faster in response to human...

A Simple Way to Protect Tree Animals from Roadkill Rope bridges – “monkey bridges” stretching above roads and highways – help tree-dwelling animals cross safely between treetops. Some countries like Sri Lanka, are now using such rope canopy bridges to let monkeys and squirrels cross safely, reducing roadkill and keeping the animals’ forest routes connected. These canopy links not only...

In conjunction with the Endangered Species Day, which is observed each year on the third Friday of May, the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) and Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) urge the government and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to jointly promote awareness and take concrete steps to protect Malaysia’s endangered species. Addressing the threats to these species requires a...

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is shocked and condemns the decapitation of the three pygmy elephants, murdered within three months of one another. It is a difficult time for Sabah because elephant deaths are on the rise, particularly since 2013 when fourteen endangered pygmy elephants were discovered dead under suspicious circumstances in the Gunung Rara Forest Reserve in Sabah....

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is alarmed by yet another case of wildlife smuggling involving exotic species through Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), which remains a key transit point for traffickers in the booming illegal wildlife trade. In early March, two smugglers boarded a Malaysia Airlines flight to Chennai with wildlife concealed in a suitcase, passing undetected...