A tiger has been rescued from a trap set for wildboars in a plantation at Tapah.

The 17-year-old animal weighing about 200kg was injured in the legs, according to Tapah Police chief ASP Noor Shahariman Ngah.

He said an Orang Asli man, Waslostri Usop, 38, had set the trap to catch wild boars in Ladang Eden, Batu 10, Jalan Pahang.

At about 4.30pm yesterday, Waslostri lodged a police report on the trapped tiger, he said.

Noor Shahariman said a team of 25 people from the police, the Perak department of Wildlife and national parks and the national wildlife rescue centre in Sungkai rescued the tiger.

As the team could not fire tranquilliser darts at that time, it resumed the operation at 8am today and rescued the animal after firing eight darts, he said.

The tiger was brought to the National Wildlife Rescue Centre and the Sungkai Wildlife Conservation Centre for treatment, he added.

The is the second incident involving a tiger in the country in about a fortnight.

On Feb 5, a pregnant tigress was killed after being hit by a vehicle as it crossed the East Coast Expressway 2 in Pahang.

It is believed that there are only about 300 tigers left in the wild in Malaysia.

- Bernama