Raising funds for endangered Malayan tiger with yoga classes

Perhilitan’s tiger breeding and rewilding programme is based at the National Wildlife Rescue Centre in Sungkai, Perak. —Filepic

FEWER than 200 Malayan tigers are left in the wild.

Their future is at stake due to poaching, illegal wildlife trade, habitat loss because of deforestation and fragmentation, as well as overhunting of the tiger’s main prey.

To raise awareness and funds, independent yoga studio One Earth Yoga will be hosting an event on Jan 29 at Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club.

The venue is sponsored by the club and the teachers will be volunteering their time.

Entitled “Welcome the Year of the Tiger”, it will run from 8am to noon with back-to-back yoga classes taught by registered teachers.

Tickets cost RM100 and all proceeds will go to the Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan).

Funds collected will go towards Perhilitan’s conservation programme which focuses on captive breeding of the tigers and their prey, along with rehabilitation, rewilding and release.

The money will also be used for awareness programmes, enforcement to patrol hotspots for illegal poaching as well as to investigate illegal activities.

For details, call Evelyn Loh at 011-3642 2977, email [e-mail] or go to www.1earthyoga.com.