Kota Kinabalu: Sabahans are reminded to spare no efforts to save existing wildlife as it is so easy for a species to go extinct.

President of Lawasia, Shyam Divan, cited the case of the cheetah which became extinct in India in the 1950s, forcing the Government to desperately attempt to reintroduce them by introducing cheetahs from Iran and Africa.

“Cheetahs went extinct in the early part of the 20th century in India and the plan at the present moment is to bring in 50 wild cheetahs (to India).

“One of them has a litter of cubs (and) that is quite encouraging. Some of them have already died but we live in hope,” Shyam said, at the Borneo Rainforest Law Conference, here, recently.