TEMERLOH: The Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) is installing signboards with light-emitting diode (LED) ...

The department’s director-general, Abdul Kadir Abu Hashim, says the initiative was introduced following incidents of wild elephants being killed by vehicles.

Elephant crossing signs have been put up along many highways, particularly in the country’s north, but accidents have still happened.

Elephant calves are taught “everything from how to stand, swim, how to find food, and how to protect themselves” by their elders, according to Freedom for Animals, a UK non-profit.

The wildlife wing of the forest department has identified six vulnerable elephant crossing points along National Highway-49 in Keonjhar district after a 20-year-old tusker was killed in a truck ...