IPOH: A video on social media has surfaced showing an adult elephant walking along what is believed to be the Gerik-Jeli stretch of the East-West highway.
Netizens quickly linked that video with the female elephant whose calf died after being hit by a truck on Sunday (May 11) along the stretch, stating that it is back to look for her baby.
However, Perak Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) director Yusoff Shariff when contacted, said he was not sure whether it was the same elephant or a different one.
He, however, thinks it is a different elephant, because female elephants rarely move around alone, and they (Perhilitan) believe that the mother elephant has already joined a herd.
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“I can’t say for certain, but I don’t think it’s the same elephant. Female elephants rarely travel solo; only male elephants do that.
“Female elephants usually stay with their calves. So, I can’t confirm it, but I believe it’s not the same mother elephant from yesterday (Sunday, May 11),” he said.
On Sunday, a male elephant calf was killed after it was struck by a lorry along KM80 of the stretch of the 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.
