Jumbo move: Perhilitan staff using tame elephants to assist in getting two wild elephants onto a trailer near Kampung Tenang in Johor yesterday.

2008-06-04 - Labis, Malaysia
Two wild elephants, caught after they went on a rampage at a farm in Kampung Tenang, have been transferred to Taman Negara. Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan) officers carried out the transfer yesterday. The elephants, aged 10 and 15, will be released into the wild. Lancang Pahang Elephant Operation commander Nasaruddin Othman said the elephants were caught between May 26 and May 27 after two villages in Kota Tinggi were destroyed by several elephants two months ago.

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