JUMBO HAVOC: Kota Tinggi MP Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar Syed Hamid (left) inspecting the damage caused by a marauding herd of wild elephants in an oil palm plantation in Kota Tinggi.

2008-01-10 - Kota Tinggi, Malaysia
EVERY year, from October to December, the villagers of five kampungs in Sedili Besar, Kota Tinggi lose thousands of ringgit to marauding elephants. This is when the pachyderms usually make their annual jaunt to the orchards of Kampung Perpat, Kampung Teluk, Kampung Simpang, Kampung Kampung Kambau and Kampung Semayong to feed on the fruits. But this is expected to end soon once the government approves a special allocation to the Wildlife Department to fund the capture of wild elephants that stray...

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