Save the Tigers!

I signed up for the Wild Tiger Run without knowing much about Tiger Conservation.

It's a new run, it's for charity, it's for the love of animals (something close to my heart), the tee design looked quite nice, so I signed up.

The Wild Tiger Run 2013 was the first of such event.  Organised by MYCAT (Malaysian Conservation Alliance for Tigers) - an alliance of the Malaysian Nature Society (MNS), TRAFFIC Southeast Asia, Wildlife Conservation Society-Malaysia Programme and WWF-Malaysia. 

Main objective of the run is to raise funds for future projects and activities.  More importantly (in my opinion), it has helped to raise awareness on Tiger and wildlife conservation.

I learned some important points at the mini expo on the race pack collection day.
There are only 500 wild tigers left in the whole of Malaysia.


What can we do ? 

Stay away from:

1. Wildlife based traditional medicines
2. Wildmeat dishes e.g. bear paw soup?
3. Wildlife souvenirs e.g. tiger claw? Ivory?
4. Wildlife pets e.g. Star tortoise, Tockay gecko

Report wildlife crimes to : 

019 356 4194 (report@malayantiger.net)

Information needed:

1. What is the crime?
2. Where? eg Name of shop, address, etc
3. Date & Time of Incident

Meanwhile, we had a good time at the run.  I'm proud I ran 10km for them Tigers :)

Those who didn't run can purchase it for RM10.

Even my cat loves it...

Lovely air brush painting at the event