Category: Animal Rights EN

Researchers, environmentalists, and academicians have consistently warned of the impending loss of our invaluable turtle species. The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) urges the authorities to heed the warnings and take serious efforts to address the problem. The leatherback turtles once drew tourists by the thousands to Terengganu’s Rantau Abang. Instead of admiring this living fossil in...

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is concerned and extremely disappointed over the culling of macaques in Batu Caves, Gombak, Selangor in June 2023. The shooting of 20 monkeys, some of those in cages were shot at point-blank range, by the Wildlife Protection and National Parks department (Perhilitan) raised the ire of the Sunway Mas apartment residents who lodged a police report...

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) attention was drawn to an incident that occurred during a chariot procession related to the Chitra Pournami festival in Teluk Intan, Perak, where a video recording showed bulls struggling to manoeuvre the chariot. At the suggestion of a devotee, it was reported that the handler proceeded to hit the bulls to make them pull the chariot. We are appalled...

The Consumer Association of Penang (CAP) welcomes the recent arrests of wildlife poachers and the seizure of wildlife parts worth millions of ringgit. Nonetheless, the sheer quantity of wildlife contraband seized, including those seized en-route to or re-exported from Malaysia, is alarming. Several raids around  the country, complete with wildlife seizures, do not necessarily mean that law...

Bear attacks, foraging elephants, prowling panthers, wandering tigers—many human-animal conflicts have been making headlines lately. Human-wildlife conflicts (HWCs) have increased significantly as human populations continue to expand, turning forests to agriculture, highways,  roads and railways through what were once remote regions, and building homes and communities on lands where animals...

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) expresses sadness at the loss of human lives as a result of recent crocodile attacks.  It is also sad that the media depicts crocodiles as rogues preying on humans.  However, crocodiles cannot be entirely blamed as they are the apex predators surviving on their natural instincts to hunt their prey in their habitat. While crocodiles are dangerous they...

The tragic death of wildlife ranger Joe Fred Lansou deeply saddens the Consumers Association of Penang (CAP). Incidents like this are a testament to how challenging it is to manage elephants in captive environments.  It is unclear what triggers a sudden elephant attack or why incidents like this occur. On 25 December 2022, Lansou was gored to death by a captive adult elephant while he was...

Every lunar new year is associated with one of the 12 zodiac animals, each bringing with them their own good fortune and strengths.  With just weeks to go before the year of the rabbit is ushered, the Consumer Association of Penang (CAP) urges the public not to be tempted into buying a pet rabbit on impulse. In a consumer-oriented society people are tempted to get the animal associated with the...