Earlier this month, four elephants were discovered dead in Kahang Timur, Johor. A state executive councillor and environmental group suspected it was due to poisoning.

Management and Ecology of Malaysian Elephants - an elephant-centric research group based at the University of Nottingham Malaysia - said the case shows how plantation owners are critical in efforts to mitigate human-elephant conflicts.

In a public event earlier this month, Meme’s principal investigator Wong Ee Phin explained that...