A file picture of a wild elephant (centre) being relocated by Perhilitan with the help of two decoy elephants. The elephant on the right, Abot, was also involved in the relocation of the wild elephant from Tanah Merah to Terengganu on Sunday (Dec 15).
TANAH MERAH (Bernama): Kelantan Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) successfully relocated a 30-year-old wild male elephant from Kampung Air Kayam, Jedok, to a new habitat Sunday (Dec 15).
Its director, Ady Ermanty Hanif, said the elephant, weighing 3.5 tonnes and with 18-inch sized soles, was captured in a rubber estate on Dec 11 after receiving complaints from the villagers and transferred to the Sungai Deka Elephant Sanctuary in Terengganu.
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