Recently the Zoo received an urgent alert asking for our help in saving Malayan tigers in the wild.

The Zoo has a pair of Malayan tigers, critically endangered and now thought to number fewer than a hundred in the wild, due to poaching and habitat loss. This is a far lower estimate than just a few years ago. Conservationists and concerned people around the world need to support an “all hands on deck” effort to help ensure that Malayan tigers do not vanish from the wild.

Now for some good news. The Malayan tiger projects that the Tiger Conservation Campaign supports are making a difference, with tiger populations in these areas stable or increasing and with evidence of continued reproduction. These projects are supported by AZA-accredited institutions like the El Paso Zoo and Botanical Gardens who are supporting the efforts of organizations with staff working in tiger range countries like the Wildlife Conservation Society in Malaysia’s Endau-Rompin landscape and Woodland Park Zoo (in partnership with Panthera Malaysia and Nature Based Solutions) in the Kenyir-Taman Negara landscape. Moreover, the Malaysian government has stepped up efforts across the Malayan tiger’s range to combat poaching and dismantle illegal wildlife trading networks.

Malayan tiger recovery is possible. As a result of concerted conservation efforts, wild Amur tiger populations have grown more than ten-fold since dropping to perhaps as low as thirty in the 1900’s. To learn more about conservation efforts visit Malayan tiger conservation projects online.