Malaysia: Elephant found crushed

New Straits Times 9 May 11;

GRIK: A female elephant is believed to have died after the roof of an abandoned timber workers' kongsi collapsed on the pachyderm, near Km18 of the East-West Highway, here on Friday.

The animal was found by a 10-man team from the Wildlife and National Parks Department following a tip-off.

Perak Wildlife and National Parks Department director Shabrina Mohd Shariff believed that the elephant died three weeks ago based on its decomposition rate.

"Initial investigations revealed that the elephant had tried to flee from the empty house based on faeces found at several spots nearby."

This is the second elephant death at the highway this year. The first one was on Jan 13, when an elephant was hit by a vehicle while it was crossing Km32 of the highway.