This is a tragic moment an endangered tiger suddenly appears in front of a car and is killed after being hit and thrown into the emergency lane.
The Malayan tiger was hit while trying to cross the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Expressway near Lentang at the 50.8-kilometre mark in the early hours of the morning.
Pahang Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) director, Rozidan Md Yasin, confirmed that the adult tiger that was hit while attempting to cross the dual-carriageway at 1:20am today (THUR) had died.
He said: “The tiger is believed to have come from the Bukit Tinggi forest reserve in Bentong. The animal weighs around 130kg [286 lbs].
“Perhilitan has collected the tiger’s carcass, estimated to be four years old, for further examination.”
This was the third vehicle collision involving Malayan tigers recently, with the first run over by a trailer on the North-South Expressway near Gua Tempurung in November 2023.
The Malayan tiger, also known as the striped tiger, is a subspecies of tiger that is only found in Peninsular Malaysia, and it is estimated that there are only 200 of these tigers living in the wild.
Loading ...