Elephant food bank in the works in Johor, state assembly told


ISKANDAR PUTERI: Johor Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) is developing an elephant food bank as a long-term effort to overcome elephant-human conflict, says K. Raven Kumar.

The state tourism, environment, heritage and culture committee chairman added that the presence of the elephant food area would allow the largest land mammal to concentrate there in search of food.

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