Guest guest Posted October 29, 2002 Report Share Posted October 29, 2002 ***************************Advertisement*************************** eCentral - Your Entertainment Guide http://www.star-ecentral.com ***************************************************************** This message was forwarded to you by yitzeling. Comment from sender: This article is from thestar.com.my URL: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2002/10/26/nation/mlktigers & sec=natio\ n ________________________ Saturday, October 26, 2002 Malacca Zoo hopes to swap tigers By LEE YUK PENG and AUDREY EDWARDS MALACCA: The Malacca Zoo is looking for its counterparts throughout the world to swap its tigers captured from the wild for other animals. Its director Mohd Nawayai Yasak said any zoo with sufficient facilities and manpower were welcomed to adopt the Malayan Tigers. The Johor Zoo has requested for a pair of wild tigers while the Sarawak Zoo has asked for a male tiger. Richard Birchard from an organisation called Tigeraid has also faxed a letter from Hong Kong to the Malacca Zoo, offering his help. A zoo in Munich, Germany, hasrequested for a male tiger and two tigresses. Mohd Nawayai said the zoo was hoping to get “new world monkeys” in return. As a short-term measure, the zoo has begun to expand the quarantine area for captured wild animals . It is expected to be ready by December. “I want it to be ready as soon as possible as this will temporarily solve the space problem,” Mohd Nawayai said in an interview yesterday. The Malacca Zoo is facing space constraints to keep eight tigers captured from the wild. The zoo, in Ayer Keroh, is the second largest in the country and all captured wild animals have to be sent here. The zoo “conditions” the animals before sending them to other zoos. On long-term plans, Mohd Nawayai said the zoo had applied to the Science, Technology and Environment Ministry for a RM2mil fund to build a quarantine area to keep and nurse such animals, plus an exhibition area for people to observe the animals. “This should be able to accommodate 30 tigers,” he added. In the past, the Malacca Zoo has provided tigers to the Singapore Zoo and San Diego Zoo in the United States. In return the Singapore Zoo gave it a pair each of chimpanzees and bantings (wild cattle), a mountain goat and a spider monkey while the San Diego Zoo gave a pair of antelopes. In Petaling Jaya, Malaysian Association of Zoological Parks and Aquaria (Mazpa) chairman Datuk Jimin Idris said a proposal for a tiger sanctuary would be submitted to the Government as a measure to replace the current procedure of capturing the felines and housing them in zoos. He said the proposal would be sent to the Science, Technology and Environment Ministry. “This (the tiger sanctuary) is the right remedy. A lot of understanding needs to be put in this. It involves a lot of financial input from many groups and not just the state government,” he said yesterday. Jimin, who is also the Zoo Negara director, however declined to comment on whether the zoo would be willing to house the Malacca Zoo & #8217;s tigers. The Malacca Zoo can be reached at <a href= " zoomlk " >zoomlk</a>.<p> ________________________ Your one-stop information portal: The Star Online http://thestar.com.my http://biz.thestar.com.my http://classifieds.thestar.com.my http://cards.thestar.com.my http://search.thestar.com.my http://star-motoring.com http://star-space.com http://star-jobs.com http://star-ecentral.com http://star-techcentral.com 1995-2002 Star Publications (Malaysia) Bhd. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of Star Publications is prohibited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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