Mama elephant fights to save calf in fatal collision


Wildlife conflict: The adult elephant being restrained after attacking the lorry at the scene of the accident. — Photo courtesy of Perhilitan

IPOH: A male elephant calf was killed after it was struck by a lorry along KM80 of the Gerik-Jeli stretch of the East-West Highway.

An adult elephant, believed to be the mother, then “attacked” the lorry, damaging the front of the vehicle, in its attempt to free the calf pinned by the vehicle.

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