MERSING: A contract cleaner who was seriously injured after being attacked by an elephant in the bushes behind Sekolah Kebangsaan Tenggaroh 5 on Thursday (Sept 26) has been placed on life support and intubated. Deputy Mersing District police chief, DSP Sharif Shai Sharif Mondoi, said the victim, Zalini Dahlan, 51, is receiving treatment at the Sultan...
MERSING: A teacher escaped death after her car crashed into an elephant at Kilometre 6 Jalan Nitar-Mersing here Monday, says Mersing Deputy OCPD DSP Sharif Shai Sharif Mondoi. He added that investigations revealed that the woman, 30, was driving an MPV from Endau to Kahang, Kluang when she hit the elephant that was in her path. "The...
AYUTTHAYA: A 36-year-old elephant named Pang Jamjuree gave birth to male and female calves in Ayutthaya province on the night of June 7, in what is believed to be the world’s first twin elephants of different sexes. An official at Royal Elephant Kraal Village in Ayutthaya’s Suan Prik sub-district said on June 8 that the male...
PETALING JAYA: The public should not provoke wild animals as they can pose a threat to safety, says Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) Director-General Datuk Abdul Kadir Abu Hashim. Abdul Kadir was commenting on a recent discovery in Gua Musang, Kelantan last Friday (Sept 8) of a cow's carcass with wounds believed to be caused...
IPOH: A 63-year-old Orang Asli woman was killed after being trampled by an elephant near a durian farm in Kampung Bal, RPS Kemar at Gerik. Gerik OCPD Supt Zulkifli Mahmood said investigations found that the victim had gone to the farm to pick some durians before she came across the animal between 4pm and 5pm on...
Pexels Officials in southwest China launched last Tuesday (Sept 7) a "food court" for migrating elephants after a trekking herd captured the country's and the world's imagination and caused headaches for towns and cities along their route this summer. The Global Times reported that the idea for the 670,000 square metre food base near Jinghong, in Yunnan...
