@jameswhitlowdelano will share his latest published story: “Malayan Tigers’ Tipping Point: Shrinking, Fragmented Rainforests. Deadly Tiger Encounters. Indigenous Antipoaching. This is the most logistically complex project I've ever undertaken. First conceived during the pandemic border closure days, then delayed another full year due to a pelvic fracture, It was published in @insideclimatenews supported by funding from the @pulitzercenter that brought him to Malaysia and the NGO's RIMAU & KUASA that made incredible access possible. Decades of relentless logging shrinking the oldest rainforest on the planet, land conversion to sprawling oil palm plantations & finally a swine flu outbreak nearly 100% fatal to wild boar, tiger prey, has drawn tigers into settlements to hunt livestock & often they find people instead. In the 1950’s, there were an estimated 3,000 Malayan tigers in Peninsular Malaysia. By 2020, that number was down to an estimated 130 to 140 individuals. The tiger sub-species is on the International Union of Conservation of Nature Red List, as ‘critically endangered’. Photo# 1: Scars on Adin Andok's arm from a tiger attack, he survived, in 2021 near Kampung Badak. Near Pos Bihai, Malaysia. Mr. Andok was out clearing weeds from his plot of manioc when a tiger, he believes was a juvenile appeared in front of him because the tiger hesitated for minutes in a stand off. Andok prayed to Temiar god, the "Guardian of Nature". Slowly the tiger approached & he lifted his parang (machete) to defend himself. When the tiger lunged at him, he blocked it with his parang in the chest. The tiger pushed him to the ground on his back and sunk its teeth into his right arm. Photo# 2: When the tiger attacked Adin Andok after biting into his arm, it sunk its teeth into his head. Andok struck the tiger in the forehead with his parang as hard as he could. When the tiger turned to flee, one claw caught his left eye, leaving him blind. Photo# 3: Scars on Adin Andok's arm and torso from a tiger attack, he survived, in 2021 near Kampung Badak. Near Pos Bihai. #tigers #endangeredspecies #logging #climatechange #deforestation #oilpalm