Sabah rangers capture elephant that attacked woman


Wildlife Rescue Unit team have captured the rough bull elephant that attacked a husband and wife as they were walking to work in Kampung Gambaron in Telupid recently.

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Wildlife rangers have caught a bull elephant that injured a villager in the east coast Telupid district on Thursday.

Sabah Wildlife Department director William Baya said a team from the Wildlife Rescue Unit captured the elephant late Sunday after tracking the animal for three days.

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