Category: Animal Rights EN

The  media report on the seizure of live baby crocodiles at Sibu airport is not a new incident.  A similar incident occurred in May 2018 in which an illegal shipment of 50 live crocodiles from Malaysia were seized by border officers at Heathrow Airport. The shocking truth is the manner in which the year old juvenile saltwater crocodiles were transported.  These reptiles weighing around 40kgs,...

Our tigers, the acme of power and grace, are in dire straits! It’s unthinkable that our tigers’ footprints are vanishing from our Malaysian soil. Ecologists and tiger conservation groups keep sounding the alarm bell for our tigers, yet is anything being done to address the causes of the animal’s  decline?   Causes of the tiger’s decline are depressingly familiar. The culprits are the...

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is shocked at the extreme cases of cruelties meted out to companion animals - dogs and cats. Statistics from the Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) revealed dogs and cats topping the list in animal cruelty complaints. Complaints have been steadily rising over the past five years. In 2016 the department received 463 cruelty complaints, and in 2017 the number was...

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) welcomes the Perak State Government’s proposal to establish a Elephant Sanctuary at KM20 Gerik-Jeli Road nearby the Perak-Kelantan border. However, SAM expects that the area of 40 hectares proposed for the sanctuary would be unable to address conflicts between humans and wildlife, especially elephants. The area of the proposed sanctuary would be able to serve as a...

Local media often display images of seizures of pangolin, ivory, rhino horn, tiger parts and testudines with headlines hailing the success of wildlife seizures by the Malaysian authorities. While these pictures depict the success of law enforcement in the crime against wildlife trafficking, it can be alarming due to the sheer quantity of wildlife products seized not only in Malaysia, but also...

The media reported that a baby elephant was found roaming in Lintang town, Sungai Siput, Perak and had entered Sekolah Kebangsaan Lintang (SK Lintang) on August 7. The elephant calf was believed to have been lost from his habitat at Piah Forest Reserve (HS Piah) and was separated from his mother. Based on news and reports published in the mass media from time to time, issues such as wildlife...

Friends of the Earth Malaysia (FOEM) an environment NGO in Penang, expresses shock and horror at the massacre of nearly 300 crocodiles in Indonesia’s West Papua province. The loss of a human life is most devastating, but then the crocodile cannot be entirely blamed for following his natural instinct—killing whatever “prey” that had entered into his habitat. Man’s understanding of...

June 14th is Stop Live Transport International Awareness Day. SAM welcomes the Malaysian government’s move in stating that regulations will soon be in place to ensure livestock and poultry like chicken, ducks, pigs and cattle will be transported safely without them being harmed. This was a recent announcement by the Malaysian Veterinary Services Department (DVS) Director- general Datuk Dr...

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is shocked to learn of the death of six more pygmy elephants which has been happening ad nauseam for several years. Elephants are not an exception because the carnage to turtles and sharks has been making headlines in the previous year, which is reflective of poor government protection. That the slaughter is happening frequently can only mean that those entrusted with...

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is astounded at the death of yet another wild elephant in Gerik, Perak. The incident occurred on January 3rd when a 40 year old female elephant was electrocuted by a live wire on a construction site. The herd of elephants come into populated areas foraging for food.  These pachyderms have lost their natural habitats due to  extensive and uncontrolled land clearance...