Elephant that killed Indonesian man shot dead

TAWAU, Nov 21 — The wild elephant that killed an Indonesian plantation worker at the Dumpas oil palm plantation near here was shot dead by Sabah Wildlife Department’s rangers yesterday evening.

Its Director, Augustine Tuuga said the elephant had already killed a human and the chances that it would attack again if it came across anyone in its path was high.

“We did not want to take any chances with this bull.

“We have confirmed that the bull elephant was on musth, musth is a periodic state of heightened sexual activity and aggression in adult male elephants caused by a marked increase of the hormone testosterone in the body, resulting in the very violent behaviour of this bull elephant” he said in a statement here, today.

He said, the officers in the east coast region would also be on high alert to monitor the movement of the elephant herds within these bull elephant ranges.

On 19 Nov, Ciin Bedu, 48, an oil palm plantation worker was attacked at around 3pm and trampled to death by a wild elephant in Dumpas plantation area near here.  — Bernama

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