Natural habitat for tigers to be set up in Pahang

MALACCA: Though the Year of the Tiger may be ending, the future of tigers looks bright with plans to establish a Tiger Valley in Lancang, Pahang.

This is good news for Nicky, the tiger cub that was saved from a cooking pot in 2005 and ended up becoming a top breeder under the Wildlife and National Parks Department’s tiger-breeding (Perhilitan) programme at the Malacca Zoo.

Malacca Zoo director Ahmad Azhar Mohammed said Nicky had given birth to eight cubs.

A future to smile about: Nicky ‘smiling’ for the camera at the Malacca Zoo Tuesday. She and her cubs may be relocated to the Tiger Valley which will be established at Lancang in Pahang. 

“However, only four managed to survive,” he said when met at the zoo here yesterday.

Nicky, a three-month old cub was saved from the cooking pot in a restaurant in Kuala Lumpur by Trade Commissioner to Papua New Guinea Datuk S. H. Foo who paid RM10, 000 for her in 2005.

She was subsequently adopted by The Star under a three-year programme.



Source: The Star Online
Date: Wednesday January 12, 2011