Black day for animal lovers in Malaysia (Graphic Content)

An endangered sun bear was butchered into multiple pieces and sold as exotic meat at the Lubok Antu local market in Sarawak. - WONG SIEW TE.

PETALING JAYA: Christmas Eve was a black day for Malaysian wildlife as three separate cases involving the gruesome deaths of two endangered sun bears and a tapir went viral on social media.

In Kuching, a villager shopping at a local market got a rude shock when she saw a sun bear slaughtered into pieces and sold openly as exotic meat.