Category: Animal Rights EN

Sabah has made headlines time and again with the deaths of the pygmy elephants.  What shocked Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) was the manner in which the poor elephant was brutally gunned down.  Not only was it shot at several times, its tusks were also hacked off. The continuous spate of killing of elephants is reflective of poor government delivery system; that it happens often enough can only...

4th  October is World Animal Day and it is a time to pay heed to the suffering of animals.  Many animals endured pain and suffering when abused, neglect or cruelly treated by humans.  It can be the causing of harm or suffering for specific achievement, such as killing animals for food, for their fur or even their tusks and body parts and  cruelty associated  with a given method of...

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is heartened to learn of the Government’s commitment to battle poaching by increasing manpower through a special battalion assigned to aid the Wildlife Department in the patrol of the country’s jungles. The number of wild tigers estimated to be left is only about 250. This is alarming.  All efforts in the past are not working to save the tigers.  At best they...

There have been several incidents recently which have highlighted a disturbing trend of individuals keeping wildlife as pets. The first incident highlighted in the media was a Sun Bear which a Malaysian singer had initially mistaken for a dog. Within the same week was a case of a Brahminy Kite which had been held captive for a year in a corner lot of a terraced house. It was a total...

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) expresses shock at the recent deaths of three elephants at a plantation area of a village in Kampung Sri Timur 3, Kluang, Johor. They were believed to have been poisoned.  Their deaths paint a dismal picture for the future of our elephants. With oil palm plantations encroaching from all sides into elephant habitats, along with logging and agriculture activities, this...

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) refers to the upcoming elephant sanctuary in Kota Tinggi, Johor known as the Kampung Panti Elephant Sanctuary and another proposed sanctuary to be built in Hulu Perak. These two elephant sanctuaries are intended to address the human-elephant conflict (HEC) in those areas but SAM is doubtful that sanctuaries are the best option to resolve the human-elephant conflict and...

More action and less talk is required to combat wildlife crime. Several species are becoming severely depleted and may disappear if more is not urgently done by Governments. High value seizures of contraband ivory, rhino horn, tiger parts and pangolin scales dominate media headlines every week. Many live animals are traded with impunity - tigers, orangutans, pangolins, monkeys, birds, etc etc. ...