Environmentalist group claims Kelantan Forestry Dept's tiger statement a diversion tactic


PETALING JAYA: The statement by Kelantan Forestry Department (JPNK) director Abdul Khalim Abu Samah on logging benefiting the local tiger population is a diversionary tactic, says environmental group Sahabat Alam Activists Association (Kuasa).

Sinar Harian reported that Kuasa advisor Meor Razak Meor Abdul Rahman said the statement was intended to divert attention from the destruction of natural habitats which threatened the tiger and other species’ of wildlife to the brink of extinction.

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