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Camera traps installed after tiger sighting near Fraser’s Hill
Pahang’s wildlife department installed four camera traps after a Malayan tiger was reported near the road on the Fraser’s Hill route.
The reported location is near Raub, along the route towards Kuala Kubu Bharu in Selangor.
The department received information about the sighting at around 9am on Oct.
10.
Four officers went to investigate and set up the cameras.
Photos said to show the tiger had spread on social media, drawing public reactions.
The cameras are intended to help establish whether the tiger is in the area.
Wildlife officers will continue monitoring the location.
Pahang’s wildlife department installed four camera traps after reports of a Malayan tiger near Fraser’s Hill.
The tiger was reportedly seen by the roadside along the route near Raub, heading towards Kuala Kubu Bharu in Selangor.
Four officers went to the location to investigate and install the traps.
The department said it would continue monitoring the area.
Photographs said to show the animal went viral on social media and prompted public reactions.
- Who
- Pahang’s Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan), including four officers, responded to reports of a Malayan tiger.
- What
- The department installed four camera traps and said monitoring would continue.
- When
- The sighting was reported to the department at around 9am on Oct 10.
- Where
- Along the Fraser’s Hill route near Raub, heading towards Kuala Kubu Bharu in Selangor.
- Why
- To investigate reports of the tiger and gather further information about its presence.
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Four officers went to the location to investigate and install camera traps
Pahang Perhilitan received information about the tiger sighting.
Four officers went to the location and installed four camera traps.
- Camera traps
- Four
- Animal
- Malayan tiger
- Reported location
- Fraser’s Hill route near Raub, heading towards Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor
- Report received
- Around 9am on Oct 10
- Department director
- Yusoff Shariff
Sources
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