KULIM: The Kedah Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan) is looking into an alleged tiger sighting at Kampung Selarong Panjang, Mahang, near here.
Its director, Dr Abdul Malek Mohd Yusof, said he and four of his department's Malayan Tiger Conservation Unit members also located a villager who claimed to have spotted the tiger at about 11.35am on Tuesday (Dec 2).
"The complainant claimed to have seen the tiger on his way home in a vehicle, about 2.30am along Jalan Kampung Selarong-Mahang, but we could find no signs of the tiger's presence in the area when we conducted our investigation.
"I don't deny the possibility that the area is where the tiger roams based on the faded paw print found in the area where the villager claimed to have seen the animal," he said when contacted by Bernama on Tuesday.
He said the unit would continue to monitor the area, surrounded by rubber and oil palm plantations and orchards, to identify tiger trails or detect their presence, and advised the villagers to notify the department if there were repeated sightings.
The area is 6km from Ulu Paip Forest Reserve and 22km from Gunong Inas Permanent Forest Reserve, he added. – Bernama
