Wildlife groups demand justice for poached tiger


National tragedy: Wildlife groups are calling for harsher punishments for poaching following the discovery of the tiger’s carcass.

PETALING JAYA: Wildlife groups are outraged over the killing of a Malayan tiger in Johor on Malaysia Day, calling it a crime against nature and a national tragedy.

Three men were arrested yesterday after the tiger’s carcass, believed to have been illegally hunted, was found in a vehicle during a raid at Felda Tenggaroh in Mersing.

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