DUNGUN: A sun bear was killed after it was knocked down by a car at Km358 of the East Coast Highway2 (LPT2) near an orchard here last night.
State Wildlife and National Park Department Yusoff Shariff said he received a call to inform him about the accident earlier today and a team of officers from the Kuala Terengganu office was sent to the scene.
Yusof said he believed that the sun bear might have lost its way before it strayed at the LPT2 during the incident.
"The team was instructed to bring the carcass to our Research Conservation Centre at Bukit Merak in Besut for a post-mortem," he said today.
Yusoff said early this year, two Tapirs were killed at LPT2 after they were hit by passing vehicles.
"However, this is the first time a sun bear was killed," he told NST when contacted.
He said the matter has been reported to the Malaysia Highway Authority.