Tag Archives: Negara

Panda-monium at Zoo Negara but what about the tapirs?

Our very own Malayan tapir is on the way to extinction, with its numbers having decreased over recent years. But how much does the public actually know about the tapir? I honestly didn’t know too much about the species besides the fact that it is endangered. For those who do not know, a tapir …

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Loud cheers as convoy arrives at Zoo Negara

KUALA LUMPUR: The two VIPs (very important pandas) received rock star treatment with fans cheering loudly as the convoy bringing the two reached Zoo Negara. “Fu Wa! Feng Yi! Fu Wa! Feng Yi,” chanted the schoolchildren who were on a special school trip to lend their support at the arrival of the firs …

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General : Giant Pandas Find A New Home At Zoo Negara

KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 (Bernama) — A pair of pandas from China, the symbol of 40 years of close Kuala Lumpur-Beijing relations, have now found a new home at the National Zoo, thousands of kilometres from their homeland in Sichuan province in southwest China. The docile creatures, on a 10-year lo …

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