We arrived at about 1:45 pm, just in time to see the elephants having a good shower followed by meal time. We brought along fresh sugarcane that we collected at Mr Ooi's (hubby's colleague) plantation in Bentong.
I was pleased to see the elephants in healthy condition, a few of them looked pretty well-fed. I saw 1 baby elephant that had been rehabilitated after being rescued from poachers. He was missing a tail. Another elephant had lost part of his front leg but was still able to walk around slowly, limping. Although I felt sorry for these elephants, I'm glad the conservationists did a wonderful job in rehabilitating them.
It is heartwrenching to know that our precious wildlife animals are going extinct because humans are irresponsibly taking away their habitat without relocating these animals. Elephants are being killed for their body parts and simply because humans feel threatened by them. Elephants have been forced to raid plantations because they are starving from habitat loss.
Currently, there are only 40,000 wild elephants in Asia and 1,200 in Peninsula Malaysia. These animals face extinction unless we take more serious measures to safeguard them.
More details can be found at www.wildlife.gov.my
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Wow that elephant look very friendly :-D I must go to this place next time. Glad you enjoyed yourself there. Have a great day at work today he he...
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