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The Malayan tapir, locally known as tenuk or cipan, is easily recognised by its distinctive body colouration, featuring a large white patch across the middle of its body, with a black head and hindquarters.

Efforts to protect one of Malaysia’s most endangered wildlife species are set to receive a boost through a new collaboration between SD Guthrie Berhad and the Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) Peninsular Malaysia. - Photo courtesy of SD Guthrie Berhad

BN Youth communications director Neow Choo Seong said reports circulating on social media regarding the condition of the animals should not be dismissed lightly.

A past kiwi bird welfare controversy at Tennoji Zoo has resurfaced, fuelling renewed scrutiny over conditions faced by three recently relocated Malaysian elephants. Photo: Tennoji Zoo's website

This handout photo by Jonathan Irish for Conservation International taken on March 19, 2023 and released on April 29, 2026 shows a whale shark in the waters off Raja Ampat Islands in West Papua, Indonesia. - (Photo by Jonathan Irish / Conservation International / AFP)

The Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) today refuted claims that a purported Malayan Tiger was spotted in a weak and sickly condition at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka, Japan, as seen in a viral video circulating on social media.

A teenager has been arrested at a Bangkok airport for allegedly smuggling 30 protected tortoises valued at about $9,000 that were taped under her clothing, wildlife officials said. Photo by Handout/Naational Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department/ AFP

This picture taken on Feb 11, 2026 shows native forest trees (L) and land cleared and prepared for industrial planting (R) in Lahei Mangkutup, Kapuas Regency in Indonesia's Central Kalimantan Province. - (Photo by SATYA ADHI / AFP)

The three elephants Dara, Amoi and Kelat (pic) that were transferred to Tennoji Zoo in Osaka, Japan, remain the property of the Taiping Zoo and Night Safari (TZNS) and do not involve any transfer of ownership or sale transactions.

A Thai court has fined a man $300 after he broke into the enclosure of Moo Deng, an endangered baby pygmy hippo and internet sensation, the zoo director said April 8, 2026. - (Photo by Chanakarn Laosarakham / AFP)