Mammoth move: Ling (left) petting an elephant that was brought in for the launch of the operation in Johor. Looking on are Abdul Kadir (centre) and Vidyananthan.
KLUANG: The Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) has launched a special operation to translocate about 25 elephants across Peninsular Malaysia as part of its effort to address human-elephant conflicts, says its director-general Datuk Abdul Kadir Abu Hashim.
He said Johor – one of the states most affected by the conflict – would be the first state to carry out the operation.
