KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 -- A grieving female elephant had to be tranquilised three times before officers could relocate her from the scene of a fatal accident involving her calf on the Gerik-Jeli East-West Highway (JRTB).

According to the New Straits Times, the elephant refused to leave her calf's body after it was struck by a lorry on May 11.

"It was a risky, heartbreaking situation as the mother elephant refused to move away from the lorry," said Gerik Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan) assistant wildlife officer Ahmad Syawaludin Mohamed Gani.

"We were also moved by the affection shown by the animal. But our actions were carried out with caution. Although the mother elephant seemed calm, her natural instincts still m...