JOHOR BAHRU, July 17 (Bernama) -- The Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan) has captured six elephants around Kampung Pinggir in Kluang under the Integrated Elephant Translocation Operation launched on Monday.
State Health and Environment Committee chairman Ling Tian Soon said the number of elephants captured was based on data recorded as at 2 pm today, following the start of the operation in Kampung Sri Lukut.
“The elephants captured are quite large, with some reaching up to two metres tall and they are part of a group from the national park, which has been causing conflict in the Kampung Sri Lukut area of late.
“(Following that), the Johor and Peninsular Perhilitan Elephant Translocation Unit (UTG) is continuing with other capture operations,” he said in a post on his Facebook today.
The operation aims to systematically reduce human-elephant conflict in high-risk locations and to relocate elephant groups that have been encroaching on agricultural land, residential areas and villages.
It is also intended to restore the ecosystem through population control outside the animal’s original habitat and to collect scientific data for improvements in wild elephant management policies.
The Johor government has allocated RM600,000 to support the implementation of the translocation operation, demonstrating its commitment to conservation efforts and wildlife conflict management.
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