PUTRAJAYA: Claims that a Malayan tiger was spotted in a weak and sickly condition at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka, Japan, in a recent viral video have been refuted by the Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan).<\/p>\n
Perhilitan clarified that the animal in the video is an Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), not a Malayan tiger (Panthera tigris jacksoni).<\/p>\n
In fact, no Malayan tigers are kept at the said zoo, the department said yesterday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe video shows a tiger that has been falsely identified as a Malayan tiger in a thin and unhealthy state.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis has sparked public concern and negative reactions, particularly regarding wildlife welfare and the perceived image of Malayan tiger conservation,\u201d the department\u2019s statement read, as reported by Bernama.<\/p>\n
Perhilitan also clarified that the Amur tiger does not belong to the department or the government of Malaysia.<\/p>\n
It noted that the spread of this misinformation has caused confusion and damaged public perception of Malaysia\u2019s conservation efforts.<\/p>\n
Perhilitan reminded the public to be responsible by verifying facts before sharing any information, particularly on social media.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe dissemination of inaccurate or unverified information can create confusion, trigger negative perceptions and undermine wildlife conservation efforts at both national and international levels.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PUTRAJAYA: Claims that a Malayan tiger was spotted in a weak and sickly condition at Tennoji Zoo in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[12684,12776,8,12500,12774,85,12777,1240,4381,2074,12773,12775],"class_list":{"0":"post-15802","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-osaka","8":"tag-amur-tiger","9":"tag-conservation-efforts","10":"tag-japan","11":"tag-malayan-tiger","12":"tag-misinformation","13":"tag-osaka","14":"tag-public-perception","15":"tag-social-media","16":"tag-tennoji-zoo","17":"tag-viral-video","18":"tag-wildlife-and-national-parks-department","19":"tag-wildlife-welfare"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}