The Yang di-Pertuan Agong on Thursday (September 21) visited the National Wildlife Rescue Centre (NWRC) in Sungkai, Perak.
His Majesty was accompanied by the Sultan of Perak and the Regent of Pahang in the visit, which began at about 11.30am.
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His Majesty was accompanied by the Sultan of Perak and the Regent of Pahang in the visit, which began at about 11.30am.
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00:00 Yang Diputuan Agong Aw Sultan Abdullah Riatuddin Aw Mustafa Bilashah visited the National Wildlife
00:07 Rescue Centre in Sungkai Perak on Thursday. His Majesty was accompanied by the Sultan
00:14 of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Shah and the Regent of Pahang, Tengku Hassanah Ibrahim Alam Shah.
00:21 Also present were Perak Menteri Besar Tatus Sri Sarani Mohamad and Natural Resources,
00:27 Environment and Climate Change Minister, Nik Nasmi Nik Ahmad.
00:31 The King was briefed by a Pahilitan officer on the Centre's operations and also witnessed
00:37 the Wildlife Conservation Initiatives for Malayan Tigers, Sun Bears, Gau and Tabir.
00:44 The Centre serves as a temporary settlement of seized wildlife under the International
00:50 Trade in Endangered Species Act 2008. It also focuses on tiger conservation activities such
00:58 as rescue operations, rehabilitation, disease treatment and control, as well as research
01:04 and breeding using the latest technology. Pahilitan aims to increase the Malayan tiger
01:10 population to 400 in the next 10 years, from the current count of about 150.
01:16 For more information, visit www.pahilitan.org.au/en/en/tiger-rescue-centre-perak-perak.html.