Gentle giants at risk from poachers’ traps

Recovering: Elly, at the Kuala Gandah NECC in Pahang, is getting used to her prosthetic leg which needs to be changed every six months.

PETALING JAYA: Snares set up by poachers in the country’s jungles are killing or injuring wildlife every year – including the biggest of them all, elephants and calves like Elly and Chereh.

Elly, rescued by the wildlife authorities three years ago from a snare after it was abandoned by its herd, had its foot amputated three years ago.