Perhilitan to release wild elephant captured in Perak Orang Asli settlement back into the wild

SUNGAI SIPUT: A wild elephant which had encroached into the Pos Perwor Orang Asli settlement here has been successfully captured in an operation by the Wildlife Protection and National Parks Department (Perhilitan).

Mohammad Abu Huzaifah Abu Samah, the assistant director of the Kuala Gandah National Elephant Conservation Centre in Lanchang, Pahang, said the female elephant, which is estimated to be 12 to 15 years old, was part of a herd of elephants from the Piah ID elephant group.

"This elephant caused disturbances in the village and school areas and will most likely be released back into the wild," he told reporters when met after the operation to relocate the elephant here on Wednesday .

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