[nassaulakes]

KUALA TERENGGANU, Malaysia - A Wildlife and National Parks Department officer cheated death when an elephant he and four colleagues were trying to capture went berserk and attacked him on Thursday.

In the 1pm incident, Mohd Noor Abdullah, 58, of Kampung Binjai, Kemaman, was part of a Perhilitan team trying capture a herd of wild elephants in Kampung Jelung, Setiu.

One of the bull elephants suddenly charged and attacked Noor.

He suffered serious face and body injuries with five broken ribs and was rushed to Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital for treatment.

His wife, Zamariah Seman, 52, said she was horrified when informed about the incident about 4.30pm.

"It was the first time in his 40 years of service that he had been attacked by a wild animal," she said outside the hospital ward yesterday.

"This could well be the thing he will remember most about his career as a Perhilitan officer as he will retire this November.

"Doctors told me they cannot allow visitors in for the time being," said the mother of 13.

Terengganu Perhilitan director Yusoff Shariff said five officers were sent to Kampung Jelung when they received reports about a herd of elephant wreaking havoc in the village.

He said the team had been monitoring the herd since Monday.

The elephant disappeared into the jungle after attacking Noor, he said.

 

[blue ridge]

Love the way that article is written! Can you really say the elephant "went berserk" if they were trying to capture it? I'm no wildlife zoologist, but in my experience, wild animals usually do go berserk when you capture them. Fortunately, the animals I have dealt with have all been much smaller than me.

 

[JPS]

I have to laugh at this article, not because of the elephant, the Parks and Wildlife angle or the attack.

The single GREATEST THREAT to the global decline in wildlife populations is loss of habitat. This SOB has been a Park Ranger for 40 years and has fathered 13 children!!!

Anyone else see the irony in this or is it just me??? Wonder why they were trying to capture the elephants? My best guess is that they planned to relocate the herd away from the local population that is gradually encroaching upon the herd's natural range!

JPS

 

[curly1]

Says she is a mother of 13 not that he is the father of 13.

 

[JPS]

Is that your take on these two sentences in this article?

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His wife, Zamariah Seman, 52, said she was horrified when informed about the incident about 4.30pm. ..................... ........................................... ....................................... ........... ... ... "Doctors told me they cannot allow visitors in for the time being," said the mother of 13.

Perhaps he's her 7th husband in a country that is officially Muslim?

 

[WLD Bill]

JPS i thought the same thing you did.

 

[Gudnuff]

If I were the father of 13 children, I might be tempted to walk under an elephant