The image of a mother elephant mourning her dead calf—killed by a lorry on a highway in Perak— has haunted Malaysians this week. It has forced the country to confront the cost of development when nature is in the way. But elephants aren’t the only victims. The Malayan tapir — shy, solitary, and just as iconic — is being pushed toward extinction. Since 2020, at least 112 have been killed by vehicles— often at night, on roads that cut through what’s left of their forest habitat. On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks with Dr Evelyn Lim Ai Lin, Senior Lecturer at UPM’s Faculty of Forestry and Environment. She’s also a Research Associate at its Institute for Social Science Studies (IPSAS).
