PETALING JAYA: A local wildlife advocacy NGO has called upon Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who is also the Langkawi MP, to intervene and allow a 37-year-old Asian elephant named Lasah to be retired to a sanctuary in Cambodia.
The Friends of the Orangutans Malaysia (Foto) claims that the ongoing cruel treatment of Lasah in the premises of now-defunct tourism operator Langkawi Elephant Adventures (LEA) is the result of wildlife authorities not only ignoring the elephant's plight but also its failure to enforce wildlife laws.
