Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Fireworks the only hope for villagers to stave off elephant invasion

R.S.N. MURALI, The Star

July 31, 2007

HULU TERENGGANU: Villagers here are resorting to fireworks to scare away elephant herds that they claimed had been ravaging their crops over the last few weeks.

Some of the villagers in Durian Bador, Kuala Menjing, Sekayu and Padang Setar here said they had once caught sight of 13 elephants at their smallholds, mostly planted with corn and other food crops.

They said this had been going on for more than a decade, but began to get worse over the last few weeks.

"We are terrified and concerned that the elephants may turn violent if confronted," said villager Abdul Razak Samad, 60.

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