Health Products Made From Malayan Porcupines Introduced at Malaysian Exhibition

Visitors to Malaysia’s MAHA 2026 agricultural exhibition are being introduced to health products made from Malayan porcupines at a sanctuary and breeding center from Kedah.

Rohanizah Baharudin, an assistant manager at the Puspa Laraja Malayan Porcupine Sanctuary and Breeding Center, said products including oil extracts and powdered porcupine capsules had been produced for 15 years and received approval from the Health Ministry.

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Its benefits also include healing wounds and burns, relieving numbness in the body, and helping with bed-wetting problems in children.

She said the products are traditionally used for several purposes, including relief for asthma and problems involving nerves and joints. The center also offers balms, aromatherapy products, spines and capsules made from powdered spines and porcupine liver. Rohanizah said the products contain no preservatives.

The center brought live porcupines to the exhibition to give visitors a closer look at the animals. Visitors can feed them and learn how they are raised. Rohanizah said the experience was especially intended to introduce porcupines to younger people and encourage interest in breeding them in Malaysia.

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Many visitors are excited to see the Malayan porcupines up close and feed them themselves. This is an opportunity for us to introduce the animal more closely, especially to the younger generation.