The wildlife department of Malaysia, which was able to trap several black panthers that wandered into a village, has defended its method of using puppies as live bait.
Malaysia's Wildlife Department defended its use of puppies as live bait to capture black panthers spotted at a Malaysian village after animal rights groups protested the method and appealed to the government to use other means. The department resorted to using puppies after earlier attempts to lure the panthers with a goat failed.
Farmers in a village in southern Negeri Sembilan state were terrified after spotting a panther near their home in September. Villagers lodged a complaint with the Wildlife Department after a panther mauled their dog at a fruit orchard in the state on Sept. 4, according to a Facebook post by Negeri Sembilan Chief Minister Aminuddin Harun. Aminuddin said the Wildlife Department immediately installed a trap for the big cat, which was believed to have come from a forest reserve nearby.
Abdul Kadir did not immediately respond to requests for comment by phone and email. Wildlife officials in Negeri Sembilan told local media that the first panther caught was a female weighing about 90 pounds. The department has caught a dozen panthers in the state since the start of the year, including the the three caught in September. Aminuddin previously said the panthers have been treated and appeared healthy, though he did not say whether they were released back into the forest.
Black panthers, found in tropical forests in Asia, Africa and Central and South America, are solitary animals that hunt at night and rarely bother people. Conservation researchers said panthers are a protected species and rarely bother people, but they face threats of habitat loss and poaching in Malaysia. In May, an adult black panther was hit by a car and died after it strayed on to a road from a forest reserve and the driver couldn't stop in time.
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