Johor Perhilitan captures male elephant that strayed into UTM land in Desaru

JOHOR BARU: The Johor Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) has captured a wild male elephant on the grounds of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Sungai Cemaran in Desaru near here.
Johor health and environment committee chairman Ling Tian Soon said the Johor Elephant Capture Unit carried out the task on Thursday (June 19) following efforts that began on Monday in Tanjung Sedili and surrounding areas.
"The captured elephant was part of a main group of elephants which became separated from the herd, which a week earlier entered and ravaged coconut and fruit orchards at Desaru Fruit Farm," he said in a Facebook post on Friday (June 20).
Ling said the group of elephants had also raided the abundant fruit orchards around Desaru Fruit Farm several weeks ago. – Bernama

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