Elephants Sighted On Tekong
Tuesday, 29th May 1990
Three wild Asian elephants (Elephas Maximus) were spotted on Pulau Tekong. Apparently, the runaway elephants had swum 1.5km across the Johor Straits to reach the island. The three wild elephants had apparently swum 1.5 km. across the Johor Straits to reach Pulau Tekong. They were probably dislocated from their natural habitat in the jungles of eastern Johor by logging and forest-clearing activities. On the morning of 7 June 1990, two of the elephants, both males of about 2.3 m. tall were finally recaptured. The third male elephant, about 2 m. tall was caught later in the afternoon. By the evening of 9 June 1990, the elephants were loaded onto lorries and were taken back to Malaysia.