All parties must work together to protect and conserve the habitat of elephants which are categorised as fully protected species in the country, said Energy and Natural Resources Minister Takiyuddin Hassan.

Based on the Department of Wildlife and National Parks Peninsular Malaysia’s (Perhilitan) records, he said a total of 3,325 complaints on human-elephant conflict had been reported from 2015 to 2021, while as of June this year, a total of 435 similar complaints had been reported.