26-04-2025
1.6km electric fence to keep out elephants
GUA MUSANG: About RM50,000 have been set aside by the Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) to install a 1.6km-long community elephant electric fence system to curb wild animal intrusions at the Kesedar Sungai Terah Land Rehabilitation Scheme (RPT) here.
Kelantan Perhilitan director Mohamad Hafid Rohani said the fence system installation was the first community project of its kind in Kelantan.
He said the installation of the fence would benefit more than 3,500 residents living in the surrounding villages of Kampung Subong, Kampung Sungai Terah, Kampung Awek and Kampung Kundur.
According to Mohamad Hafid, the installation began on April 21 and involved both village residents and estate personnel, Bernama reported.
Mohamad Hafid said seven wild elephants have been captured and relocated from the area from 2021 to 2024.
Meanwhile, RPT Sungai Terah Federal Village Development and Security Committee chairman Wan Mohd Suhanis Wan Sulaiman said he hoped the electric fence would finally resolve the predicament faced by the local residents over the past four years.
He said the animals had not only trespassed into plantations and farms, but also damaged the villagers' crops.
