Perhilitan captures, relocates crop-destroying wild elephant


GUA MUSANG:The Wildlife Protection and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) in Kelantan has captured and relocated an adult male elephant that has been causing sleepless nights for some 300 residents at the Kampung Subong Land Rehabilitation Programme (RPT) in Kesedar Sungai Terah here on Monday (Sept 18).

Sungai Terah RPT Wild Elephant Relocation Operations Chief, Mohammad Abu Huzaifah Abu Samah, 36, said the three-tonne elephant, believed to be part of a herd of 20 elephants, was captured last Friday (Sept 15).

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