Roadkills running into thousands from 2006

Dangerous crossing: The dead tapir Chew found while on her way to Kemaman was likely hit by a vehicle. — Photo courtesy of Vicki Chew

PETALING JAYA: A dead tapir was the last thing Vicki Chew, 27, expected to see on the road to Kemaman.

Abandoned and alone, it had come to die by the East Coast roadside in February, presumably killed by a passing motorist.