JUNE 7,
2019
Three
elephants were poisoned to death near a palm oil plantation in Malaysia,
officials said Friday, in the latest case of the endangered creatures being
killed near human settlements.
Local police
in southern Johor state found the animal carcasses and
alerted wildlife officers on Tuesday, Wildlife and National Parks Department
director-general Abdul Kadir Abu Hashim told AFP.
"We
conducted a post-mortem on the three female elephants aged between 18 and 22,
and it revealed they were poisoned," Abdul Kadir said.
"I
am shocked and saddened by this incident. If this trend continues, all
our wild
elephants will be wiped out."
Electric
fences used to keep elephants away from village crops were not functioning and
allowed the creatures to trespass on plantations, Abdul Kadir said.
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