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The Charles Paddock Zoo is a five-acre (2.0 ha) community zoo located in San Luis Obispo County, California, in the City of Atascadero on the Central Coast. It is home to an endangered male Malayan tiger named Menderu. Accredited since 1991, the zoo is one of the smallest zoos accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). [5]
The Malayan tiger is a tiger from a specific population of the Panthera tigris tigris subspecies that is native to Peninsular Malaysia. [2] This population inhabits the southern and central parts of the Malay Peninsula , and has been classified as critically endangered .
The tiger has been listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 1986 and the global tiger population is thought to have continuously declined from an estimated population of 5,000–8,262 tigers in the late 1990s to 3,726–5,578 individuals estimated as of 2022. [1]
The number of Malayan tigers in the wild has significantly decreased from 500 in 2005 to fewer than 100 due to habitat loss, agriculture expansion and poaching, the City said.
A recent spate of alarming deaths has heightened fears for the Malayan tiger, wildlife authorities and conservationists say, with some calling the threat to Malaysia’s emblematic animal a ...
In 2007, they implemented a hotline to report tiger-related crimes, such as poaching. [5] In order to deter poaching, they organize "Cat Walks", a citizen patrol in danger zones. [ 6 ] In 2009, they planned to double the tiger population from 500 to 1000 by 2020, [ 7 ] [ 8 ] but they called this goal "unachievable" in 2014.
The tiger population in the country’s Western Forest Complex (WEFCOM) — an 18,000-square-kilometer (6,950-square-mile) area of forest encompassing 11 national parks and six wildlife ...
City Population (2023 est.) [1] County Image Description 1 Los Angeles: 3,820,914 Los Angeles County: Los Angeles is the largest city in California and one of the largest cities in the Americas. Los Angeles is a global city and famed worldwide as home to the Hollywood film industry and for its influence in popular culture.