Handling stray animals requires a multi-pronged approach. 

There is no need to subject them to the humiliation that comes with publicity.

The shooting of the langurs appears to have been executed unprofessionally.

If we do not take steps to protect our forests, it will result in irreparable harm to our ecosystem.

Planting trees alone won't solve environmental problems.

A 2008 study found that most captive-born predators do not survive after being released into the wild.

'We would like to encourage everyone to change how we view and treat other species, take measures to reduce the suffering of other species...'

Our IGP’s commitment to protecting Malaysia’s wildlife is applauded, as is Perhilitan's recent operations.

LETTER | Elected representatives need to face serious repercussions for hate speech and offensive and discriminatory language and conduct.

Politicians need to look beyond immediate gratification to the droughts, floods, and haze caused by deforestation.

LETTER | Intensive animal agriculture is a major driver of zoonosis and disease outbreaks.

LETTER | It’s time we stopped pretending they are effective and redirect our resources to actual solutions.

LETTER | Plantations don’t just appear out of wastelands - forests are cleared to make way for plantations.

LETTER | There are other cheaper and less destructive means of meeting Malaysia's water needs.

COMMENT | The government’s half-hearted attempt to limit the use of plastic straws is doomed to fail.

LETTER | We can only remove the stigma of deforestation by actually ending it, not by pointing out that it occurs elsewhere.

COMMENT | Most of the world, including developed nations, are ill-equipped to deal with plastic waste.

LETTER | Concerned citizens have highlighted risks of increased air, water and soil pollution and higher traffic volume.

COMMENT | Voters are becoming better informed, and will not stand for environmental tokenism.

COMMENT | Plastic waste reduction steps should not be seen as a burden, but an adjustment.

The recent worldwide ban on all eight species of pangolinsby the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (Cites) has brought cheer to the conservation community.

The theme for World Wildlife Day this year, which fell on March 3, is ‘The Future of Wildlife Is In Our Hands’. This call to action is a timely and necessary one in Malaysia, which has the unfortunate reputation for its weak enforcement of animal protection laws, and as a hub for wildlife trafficking and the illegal wildlife trade.

At least once a year, volunteers from the Malaysian Nature Society assist local turtle conservation and management centres by cleaning up the premises, sprucing up turtle quarantine ponds and hatcheries, carrying out beach clean-ups and releasing turtle hatchlings. Our volunteers include children as young as two, in the hope that our efforts will go a little way towards ensuring the continued survival of these amazing and gentle marine animals.

It is with dismay and disappointment that right-minded citizens greeted the news that the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) had given its approval for the construction of the East Klang Valley Expressway (EKVE) recently.

Environmentalists and civil society activists await the Forest City reclamation and development project detailed environmental impact assessment (DEIA) report decision with a mixture of trepidation and hope.

Undocumented migrant workers seem to be the favourite whipping boys of the Malaysian public and law enforcement agencies on every issue from the rising crime rate, the high unemployment rates among local youth and now even environmental degradation and anthropogenic hazards such as that occurring in Cameron Highlands.

The abandonment of a sick and dehydrated live duck outside the Malaysiakini office on Feb 25, 2014 is just the latest incident in a long series of instances of animal cruelty as a form of political harassment and insult.

COMMENT If animals suffer as we do, how can we justify the cruelty committed against them?