Relocating elephants not answer to conflict with humans, says expert

Gentle pachyderm: Less then 1,500 Bornean pygmy elephants remain in Sabah forests and environmentalist are working frantically to put a human-elephant management plan in place.

KOTA KINABALU: Translocation of Bornean pygmy elephants is not the solution to minimise the human-elephant conflict in Sabah.

Field researchers from WWF Malaysia found that most translocated elephants often returned to the original habitat based on satellite tracking, a senior programme officer of WWF Dr Cheryl Cheah said.