Social Welfare Department Director-General Zulkiply Ramli said the victims were injured during the attacks.
However, there were no death cases this year.
“The highest number of cases involved snake attacks with 19 cases, and one case each involving a wild boar and a monkey,” he told Bernama here today.
Some 257 cases were recorded last year, amounting to RM839,200 in aid. Of the number, 23 of them involved fatalities.
Most cases involved snakes (187), followed by wild boars (25), crocodiles (23), monkeys (16), elephants (3) and one each for monitor lizards, wasps, bees and bears.
On April 19, Nuriey Nadhirah Roslan,7 of SK Dato’ Hashim 1 in Pengkalan Chepa, Kelantan, died after she was bitten by a snake at school.
Following the incident, several blogs highlighted the fund which can be claimed by victims or next of kin since many were still unaware of it.
The fund approved by the Cabinet in 2004 provides a maximum aid of RM20,000 for death cases or permanent disability due to animal attacks.
For partial loss, the rate is determined by the percentage of injury.
A claim can only be made if the animals are categorised as wild by the Wildlife and National Parks Department.
Fifteen species of wild animals that fall into the category include elephants, crocodiles, seladang, wild boar, bears, tigers, pythons, poisonous snakes and primates.
The other animals include all kinds of wasps, bees, foxes, civet cats and pigs.
-BERNAMA