We’ll conserve tapir our way, says Junaidi

Protected animals: Baby tapir ‘Persa’ and mother ‘Bertam’ in its enclosure at the Nagasaki Bio Park, Japan.

PUTRAJAYA: The Malayan tapir will not be joining the other black and white icon, the panda, as part of Malaysia’s diplomacy with other countries.

Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said the Malaysian Government had its own way of making the conservation of the species a success through its cooperation with Japan.