Malayan tigers are now considered critically endangered species with their numbers in the wild declining despite efforts to protect them from poaching, officials and conservationists said today.
New studies show the number of Malayan tigers in the wild dropped to between 250 and 340, from the previous estimate of 500, Malaysia’s Wildlife Department and the non-profit Malaysian Conservation Alliance for Tigers said in a joint statement.
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