‘Let Melaka Zoo lead the way in tiger conservation’

Spotlight on the big cat: Wild turkeys enter the area where Rais (in green) stands after the launch of World Tiger Day at Melaka Zoo.

MELAKA: The Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) should consider having Melaka Zoo as the centre of Malayan tiger conservation and rehabilitation efforts, says state executive councillor Datuk Rais Yasin.

The zoo once had a captive-bred programme for the Malayan tiger, said Rais, who is state housing and local government, climate change and disaster management committee chairman.