Category: Animal Rights EN

Some weeks ago we learnt of a tragic death of a 6m crocodile after being rescued from a dam in Klang.   To be able to leave up to that size is no mean feat having escaped from its predator  – man -  all this while in a country that has traditionally had a great mistrust of them. While it was the good intention of the Fire and Rescue Department officers to free the reptile from its fate, its...

Elephants are no match for poachers. The macabre butchering of two Borneo pygmy elephants shows that poachers abound in almost every corner of the country or state waiting to strike when least expected. In the past, pygmy elephants have become the victims of poisoning reportedly by oil palm plantation workers to deter elephants from eating the fruit of the palm trees.  Last September a group of...

August 29th commemorates the biggest live export disaster which took place in 1996 when a ship carrying 67,000 sheep on board caught fire and disappeared in the Indian Ocean.  The ship was on route from Australia to Jordan – Australia’s biggest market for live sheep – when fire started in the engine room and spread to the crew’s quarters, killing one of the 55 crew members, while the...

Sahabat Alam Malaysia  (SAM) is sickened to the core to learn of yet another tragic death of a magnificent animal – the jaguar – at the hands of a military.  The needless deaths of the jaguar, gorilla Harambe, alligator killing in Disney resort in Orlando, Florida lions in Chile zoo and countless other exploited wild animals have sparked an international outrage, yet  exploitation of wild...

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is both shocked and disappointed to hear about the mystery of a pair of missing bears from Tawau Hot Springs Recreational Park, Sabah. News of their suffering only came to light when it was highlighted by Nature Alert and another Malaysian NGO sometime in October 2015. Video shots of the bears were appalling as they were seen pacing back and forth in their barren metal...

The continuous emergence of wildlife news in the media warrants serious attention from the government and the relevant authorities. Malaysian wildlife faces a desperate fight for survival into the future and without urgent intervention, many of our country’s endangered species will soon be wiped out. They are being driven to extinction by many factors including habitat loss, hunting and...

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is both shocked and disappointed at Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry Minister, Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek’s outright refusal for a nationwide law on shark hunting and finning and dismissing it as an industry in the country. The minister could be either ill-informed or is not aware that shark populations are under serious threat and now require total...

Meat consumption has grown sharply along with the rising prosperity of developing countries. As a result of this, large-scale livestock farming is now widespread throughout the region. However, an increasing number of people are becoming concerned with the conditions the animals are raised and how they are being treated. The ideal form of animal farming is free-range, where the animals are...