Don't honk when you see stray elephants on the road

Don't honk when you see stray elephants on the road
Fah Foong Lian, The Star
October 24, 2006

GERIK: Motorists along the East-West Highway must not honk or switch on the car headlights when they come across elephants on the road.

Perak Wildlife and National Parks Department director Shabrina Mohd Shariff said the advice was among other tips put up on a signboard to inform motorists on what to do in such a situation.

The signboards, she said, were put up following reports of elephants straying onto the highway located next to the Belum Forest Reserve, which is the elephants' habitat.

"By honking, the elephants will get agitated and may attack the motorists," she said on Monday.

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