PETALING JAYA, Sept. 25 -- The Malayan tiger is on the verge of extinction.

Earlier this month, during the 77th National Land Council meeting, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said that, according to a national survey, there are only 130 to 140 Malayan tigers left in the wild today.

In the 1950s, an estimated 3,000 Malayan tigers once prowled the forests of Malaysia but the species, known scientifically as Panthera tigris jacksoni, are now classified as "Critically Endangered" on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List.

While the situation doesn't look good at the moment, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Malaysia revealed that there have been signs of improvement for the species with recent sightings of fou...