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A Malayan tiger found with multiple gunshot wounds in Terengganu last week has died due to extensive injuries, announced the Wildlife & National Parks Department (PERHILITAN).
In a Facebook post, PERHILITAN explained that the male tiger named Awang Rasau had died on 5th March at Universiti Putra Malaysia’s Veterinary Hospital due to a combination of nerve complications, digestive system failure and an infected wound on its hind leg.
Shot by poachers with 8 bullets that left him paralysed
Awang Rasau
(Credit: @perhilitanofficial/Facebook)
The tiger was rescued by PERHILITAN from a FELDA oil plantation in Kemaman Terengganu and it was initially thought that there were only three gunshot wounds on its hind legs.