IPOH: The Perak Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) has advised villagers not to let their livestock wander freely after a tiger attack in Padang Langgar, Gerik on Saturday (May 17).
"Villagers should keep their livestock in suitable pens," its director Yusoff Shariff said when contacted on Wednesday (May 21).
"They should help prevent the livestock from falling prey."
Four cows were killed by a tiger but Yusoff said there has been no sign of the tiger returning to the area, with the department setting traps after receiving reports of the attacks.
"We are also using drones to look for the tiger but no tracks have been found,” he said, adding that one of the reasons the tiger is encroaching on human settlements was the dwindling population of wild boars, the tiger’s main source of food. – Bernama
