Impregnating Malayan tigers: It’s all in the technique


The veterinarian team performing an in-vitro fertilisation procedure on a tiger at the National Wildlife Rescue Centre last year. — Nuvista Media

Nowadays, the action in any animal breeding programme takes place in a laboratory, with essential tools ranging from the ultrasound machine to the electron microscope.

It’s no different for the Wildlife and National Parks Department’s (Perhilitan) breeding and rewilding programme for Malayan tigers.

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