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harimau_malaya [2022/02/14 18:24] – [1905-10/11: Harimau di Bangi] sazliharimau_malaya [2022/02/14 19:23] (kini) – [1950-Kini: Spesis Terancam] sazli
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 Di Singapura, peningkatan konflik harimau dan manusia sekitar 1850-an adalah akibat pembukaan ladang gambir dan lada hitam secara besar-besaran: //"When the cultivation of gambier and pepper took off in Singapore in the 1840s, plantations extended beyond town and encroached on jungle areas. By the late 1840s, the number of plantations had peaked at 600. Chinese plantation coolies became easy targets for tigers. Reports of encounters with tigers increased in the 1830s and 1840s. Tiger attacks grew so intense that, by the middle of the 19th century, tigers were rumoured to claim one life every day. Governor of the Straits Settlements William Butterworth, upon being questioned in the House of Commons about the tiger problem, stated that the figure was probably 200 deaths a year due to tiger killings – which was nonetheless alarming in a population of 50,000 people. In 1859, one village near Bukit Timah was abandoned due to overwhelming tiger attacks. It was believed that tigers in Singapore killed 300 humans in 1857, but only seven deaths were reported to the police. The actual figure could be higher as many tiger attacks were unreported. Plantation bosses often did not report the deaths as they did not want to scare away potential workers. During the 1860s, more than 350 lives were lost because of tigers."// (Marsita Omar, 2020: {{ :laman:tigers_in_singapore_infopedia.pdf ||}}[[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_1081_2007-01-17.html|"Tigers in Singapore"]]). Di Singapura, peningkatan konflik harimau dan manusia sekitar 1850-an adalah akibat pembukaan ladang gambir dan lada hitam secara besar-besaran: //"When the cultivation of gambier and pepper took off in Singapore in the 1840s, plantations extended beyond town and encroached on jungle areas. By the late 1840s, the number of plantations had peaked at 600. Chinese plantation coolies became easy targets for tigers. Reports of encounters with tigers increased in the 1830s and 1840s. Tiger attacks grew so intense that, by the middle of the 19th century, tigers were rumoured to claim one life every day. Governor of the Straits Settlements William Butterworth, upon being questioned in the House of Commons about the tiger problem, stated that the figure was probably 200 deaths a year due to tiger killings – which was nonetheless alarming in a population of 50,000 people. In 1859, one village near Bukit Timah was abandoned due to overwhelming tiger attacks. It was believed that tigers in Singapore killed 300 humans in 1857, but only seven deaths were reported to the police. The actual figure could be higher as many tiger attacks were unreported. Plantation bosses often did not report the deaths as they did not want to scare away potential workers. During the 1860s, more than 350 lives were lost because of tigers."// (Marsita Omar, 2020: {{ :laman:tigers_in_singapore_infopedia.pdf ||}}[[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_1081_2007-01-17.html|"Tigers in Singapore"]]).
  
-Sementara itu, pihak pentadbiran British mula menawarkan hadiah berupa wang tunai bagi setiap ekor harimau yang dibunuh. Di Selangor, pada 14 Disember 1894, hadiah tunai sebanyak $25 ditawarkan bagi setiap ekor harimau, dan digandakan kepada $50 seekor di kawasan yang kerap berlaku konflik, ketika itu di antara mukim Batu dan Serendah:-+Sementara itu, pihak pentadbiran British di Malaya menawarkan upah bagi setiap ekor harimau yang dibunuh. Kadar upah biasanya $25 seekortapi berubah-ubah mengikut tahap ancaman. Ini adalah contoh surat pelekat yang disebarkan kepada warga di kawasan Serendah pada 14 Disember 1894, di mana hadiah tunai sebanyak $25 ditawarkan bagi setiap ekor harimau, dan digandakan kepada $50 seekor di kawasan yang kerap berlaku konflik, ketika itu di antara mukim Batu dan Serendah:-
  
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 (Sumber: Department of Wildlife and National Parks Peninsular Malaysia / Jabatan Perlindungan Hidupan Liar dan Taman Negara (PERHILITAN) Semenanjung Malaysia, 2008: {{ :lampiran:ntcap.pdf ||}}[[https://www.wildlife.gov.my/index.php/penerbitan/107-pelan|"National Tiger Action Plan for Malaysia, 2008-2020"]], m.s.20). (Sumber: Department of Wildlife and National Parks Peninsular Malaysia / Jabatan Perlindungan Hidupan Liar dan Taman Negara (PERHILITAN) Semenanjung Malaysia, 2008: {{ :lampiran:ntcap.pdf ||}}[[https://www.wildlife.gov.my/index.php/penerbitan/107-pelan|"National Tiger Action Plan for Malaysia, 2008-2020"]], m.s.20).
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 +Populasi harimau Malaya di seluruh Semenanjung Malaysia kini kurang daripada 200 ekor sahaja. Antara faktor utama penurunan drastik ini yang telah dikenalpasti ialah konflik dengan manusia (contoh: pemburuan haram), kemerosotan alam sekitar dan kualiti habitatnya, serta jangkitan penyakit (Dennis Choon Yung Ten, Rohana Jani, Noor Hashida Hashim, Salman Saaban, Abdul Kadir Abu Hashim, Mohd Tajuddin Abdullah, 2021: {{ :lampiran:animals-11-01032.pdf ||}}[[https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11041032|"Panthera tigris jacksoni Population Crash and Impending Extinction due to Environmental Perturbation and Human-Wildlife Conflict"]], m.s.1).
  
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