GUA MUSANG, Nov 12 — The Kelantan Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) will set up traps and camera traps in Meranto following tiger attacks at the rubber plantation.
Its director, Mohamad Hafid Rohani, said the department was informed of the latest attack by the Gua Musang police headquarters at 8.30pm yesterday.
“In the 1pm incident (yesterday), a Myanmar man tapping rubber was mauled to death by a tiger at Ladang Persendirian, Meranto.
“The plantation is located about 50 km from Gua Musang, and it will take up to two hours to reach there using 4WD vehicles,” he said in a statement today.
Hafid said the distance between the location of the latest case and the location on November 10 at the Akar Prestige Plantation is estimated to be 10 km.
On Friday, an Indonesian national, also a rubber tapper, died after he was mauled to death by a tiger.
“Perhilitan advises plantation workers to avoid working alone and provoking wildlife,” he said.
— Bernama
