The 1st National Tiger Survey conducted from 2016-2020 across Peninsular Malaysia recorded less than 150 tigers in the wild, hence, we are in a crisis of losing our Malayan tigers forever. As a local Malaysian non-profit NGO, we are working on the protection and monitoring of the Malayan tigers and other wildlife through community-based anti-poaching patrols and wildlife surveys along the forested areas in the Main Range or Titiwangsa Forest Complex (Banjaran Titiwangsa) and Greater Taman Negara Landscape of Peninsular Malaysia in order to bring our national animals back from risk of extinction.

To protect and monitor tigers and other wildlife on such a large scale basis, local community involvement is crucial for the successful implementation of the project to save the Malayan tigers. Hence, under the Veteran-Orang Asli (VETOA) Program of the Biodiversity Protection and Patrolling Programme (BP3) initiated by Department of Wildlife and National Park Peninsular Malaysia (PERHILITAN) since 2020, we are currently assisting PERHILITAN to manage more than 300 wildlife rangers, whom we have recommended from 26 local indigenous people (Orang Asli) villages or community along the Banjaran Titiwangsa. Besides that, we are also involved in a joint monitoring project with PERHILITAN to conduct long-term monitoring of tigers and other wildlife in the tiger landscape of more than 20,000 square kilometer.

With the strong support from the local indigenous communities, we believe the Malayan tigers could bounce back with more boots on the ground on protection and monitoring. However, as funding is always limited on a long-term basis, funding gap is still very huge to carry out all the aspects of the project, especially on field equipment, rations and supplies for our Orang Asli anti-poaching teams; and camera-traps for long-term monitoring of Malayan tigers and other wildlife.

Currently, we have more than 50 field teams made up of Orang Asli wildlife rangers carry out patrols and survey every month, but the ultimate target is to have 100 teams to effectively protect the Malayan tigers in the area of more than 20,000 square kilometers of forests.

By enrolling in the Sokong Program, we hope to raise enough funds to carry out long-term protection and monitoring of Malayan tigers and other precious Malaysian wildlife in the landscapes we are working in to secure a promising future for our Malayan tigers.