Sad Day for Nature
I woke up today, did my usual routine of patrolling the various forums and blogs and lo and behold, I came by the following article.
Over 500 Fish Died Of Poisoning At Underwater World Langkawi
Over 500 Fish Died Of Poisoning At Underwater World Langkawi
LANGKAWI, Sept 25 (Bernama) –More than 500 fish of various species including sharks, placed in two large and five small tanks at Underwater World Langkawi (UWL) died from poisoning yesterday.
UWL deputy general manager Mohd Hafizuddin Abdullah said the dead fish were found floating in the tanks by a worker at 6.30 pm.
“It is estimated that between 500 and 600 fish from 30 to 50 of the world’s best species died,” he told reporters here Tuesday.
The dead fish include sharks, stingrays, and groupers aged 10 to 12 years-old.
Hafizuddin said UWL has 100 tanks containing 10 to 200 fish of various sizes for public display.
Langkawi Police Chief, Supt Mohamad Ali Jamaluddin said initial investigation showed that the fish died because of poisoning.
“We smelled petrol near the tanks and believe it was the work of more than one person,” he added.
– BERNAMA
This is sad. It’s like WTH?!?!? What ever did the Underwater World Langkawi and nature ever did to anyone? What’s the goal? What’s the purpose?
I’m appalled, mistake or not. Best among the species or not, I’m very sad to see this happened. How often do you come by 10 - 12 year old fish?
Here’s a picture of Underwater World Langkawi taken from http://www.cuti.com.my/
Damn it, whoever did this has done a huge “contribution” to nature. 
What do you guys think? Internal sabotage? Heck, doesn’t matter. I hope the crook is found.
I don’t see any way to recover this situation.
September 26th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
There really is no way of recovering it. Even if the “crooks” are found, there’s nothing anybody can do to bring those fish back.
The last time I went to UWL was last November, when we were invited to set up a turtle exhibition there.
September 27th, 2007 at 1:22 am
The damage is already done. UWL hope now is to get some budget to get back new marine life into the tank. Based on the newspaper report that the area that are affected are accessible by staff only, there are high percentage that this is insider job. Luckily that none of the endangered species(such as sharks) are in the list (from our local newspaper source) are affected. Looking forward to find out the list of the species that are being affected.
September 27th, 2007 at 1:45 am
And I blardy hope that they release the species affected out.
So far, from what I know, Black tip and white tip shark, barracudas, leopard and nurse shark, groupers and cownose ray from the list of source that I compiled. There are few more which I am still searching for
September 27th, 2007 at 5:58 am
For me, what I wasn’t happy to see were the 10 - 12 year old animals that died.
Matured / old animals are not easy to come by much thanks to nature.
Well, whatever that needs to come in to replace the dead would still have to be taken from mother nature.