KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 -- The Terengganu Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) rescued a wild elephant calf caught in a rope snare at an oil palm plantation near Felda Neram II, Kemaman last Thursday.

State Perhilitan director Loo Kean Seong said they received information about the incident at around 2.30pm before deploying six personnel to the scene.

"Upon arrival, we found a young elephant caught in a cow rope snare around its leg, with five adult elephants nearby," he said, as reported by Utusan Malaysia.

"Perhilitan officers sedated the female elephant believed to be the calf's mother and drove the others away before cutting the rope," he said.

Loo said the calf did not suffer serious injuries and was found to be in st...