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Malaysia swears to protect elephants after the death of Calf speaks against dilapidated promises

Malaysia swears to protect elephants after the death of Calf speaks against dilapidated promises

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The expression of grief about the death of an elephant calf was Met on Mother's Day by a truck has prompted the Malaysian authorities to renew commitments to expand nature reserves, road crossings and natural corridors in order to limit the risks equipped by humans.
The film material of the hectic attempts of the mother elephant to save her calf, which was captured under a 10-ton truck on the east-west motorway, was viral in MalaysiaA mixture of sadness and anger when it reproduced public criticism of the unfulfilled wildlife protection promise of the government.

The highway cuts the 30,000 hectare Belum-TemeGor Forest Reserve (74,000 hectares), a well-known crossing point for elephants and the Malay tigers endangered by criticism.

In the past five years, eight elephants have been killed in traffic collisions on the Malaysia peninsula in the past five years, three of them this year alone, according to natural resources and environmental capacity, Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad.

Another from a social media video shows the mother elephant who tries to free her calf after it was hit by a truck on the east-west motorway Malaysias on Sunday. Photo: Facebook

“It is not only a tragic accident, but also reflects a great challenge in the relationship between humans and nature, especially in our efforts to maintain the survival of wild species in an increasingly fragmented and discontinuous landscape,” said Nik Nazmi on Tuesday.

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