Shoo, don't shoot: Sabah's traditional cannon works well to keep wild elephants away

Masiung trying out the traditional cannon, or 'ladum', a device to scare off wild elephants without hurting them.

KOTA KINABALU: Smallholders in Sabah's central Tongod district use the traditional bamboo cannon known as "ladum" as an effective method of keeping Bornean elephants from straying into their farms.

Kuamut assemblyman Datuk Masiung Banah said the loud sounds from the bamboo cannon frighten off the endangered animals from their crops without causing any harm.