Fascinated by porcupines, Mahadzir Abd Hamid, 44, started a Landak Raya (Malayan porcupine) Sanctuary and Breeding Centre in Kampung Tala, Jeneri in 2017 and recently added a mini zoo as well.
He told reporters that to get going on the sanctuary wasn’t easy because first and foremost, one would need a Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan) permit.
Of the mini zoo which opened about three months ago with 30 porcupines, he said: "I built it to enable people to get a closer look at a creature some may have not seen before.”
“What’s special is no entry fee is charged and visitors get to learn about how porcupines are bred and fed, with offspring kept in a separate enclosure,” he said of the attraction which largely draws visitors during the school holidays.
“At first I had three porcupines and rearing them was just a hobby. Then, when I learnt about their potential and in order to protect them from extinction, I decided to add to the number.
“Alhamdulillah, all of them are healthy and breeding well,” he said of the sanctuary where over 100 of the prickly creatures can be found and which is open to the public every day except Friday.
-- BERNAMA
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