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KOTA KINABALU: Hot on the heels of a herd of Bornean elephants feeding on Napier grass planted in Kinabatangan's Bilit eco-tourism area, their jumbo"cousins" have also been seen foraging on the grass in neighbouring Lahad Datu.
"It is bearing fruit, the grass pasture is attracting elephant herds," said Payne, who is also a trustee with Responsible Elephant Conservation , which was involved in the successful grass planting at a resort area along the Kinabatangan river in Bilit. "Every elephant under the age of forty in the Lahad Datu and Kinabatangan areas has learned from its mother that the place to find plentiful food is not in the forest, but outside, in plantations or farms," he said.
Payne said strong support from the Sabah Wildlife Department, Forestry Department and nearby plantations is allowing them to carry out conservation work to reduce or eliminate human-elephant conflicts. He said elephants visit the Tabin pasture two or three times annually, but they still gravitate back to oil palm, especially in recent years with a massive wave of oil palm replanting ongoing.
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