Conservation work at this centre focuses on captive breeding programmes for the sambar deer and indigenous pheasant species. This 50ha centre was opened in 1971 to develop and maintain a sustainable genetic breeding pool for each of the rare and endangered species it maintains.

The ultimate aim of this centre is to release breeding stocks of these animals back into their native environments to naturally increase wild population.

The Sungkai centre currently has about 63 heads of sambar deer, 15 heads of Timor deer and 14 heads of mouse-deer. The pheasant species available here include 11 crested and great argus pheasants, 29 mountain and Malaysian peacocks, three green peafowls and 19 crestless and crested firebacks.