KOTA BHARU: Diminishing forest area is identified as one of the contributing factors to the heightened aggressiveness of tigers, leading to four fatalities in tiger attacks in Gua Musang this year.
The Kelantan Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) director, Mohamad Hafid Rohani, stated that they have installed cameras and traps to detect the said animals in response to these incidents.
He said that it could be the same tiger that attacked both recent victims.
"Everyone knows that tigers become aggressive due to the shrinking habitat. There are many tigers in the forest, but it is likely the same tiger that attacked the Indonesian and Myanmar men because the locations of both victims are close.
"Following these incidents, Perhilitan has installed cameras and traps to track the animals in the involved area," he said when contacted.
Earlier, two men were fatally attacked by tigers within two days, involving an Indonesian man and a Myanmar man.
The Indonesian victim, Lalu Sukarya Yahya, 42, was found dead at 10 am two days ago in Kampung Meranto; while the Myanmar man, Ahka Soe Ya, 22, was attacked by a tiger at 10 am yesterday while tapping rubber in the same village.
The deaths of these two men bring the total to four individuals who lost their lives due to tiger attacks this year, including two Orang Asli residents, Pisie Amud, 25, from Pos Pasik, who died on October 4, and Halim Asin, 27, in May.
