Highway construction driving wildlife out of their homes

Nowhere to go: APM personnel attempting to capture a civet after receiving reports from a resident in a housing area in Penang.

GEORGE TOWN: Wild animals are on the loose. Deforestation and the hot weather are driving them out of their natural habitat to look for food.

Some of these animals have been reported to wander around the streets and neighbourhoods near Ayer Itam and Island Park where there is an ongoing highway project.