Updated: Saturday September 22, 2012
Sky News, Australia 
A 16-year-old male elephant that has menaced Cambodian
villagers and destroyed their crops has been captured and re-homed at a
wildlife centre.
Reuters reports that Sakor destroyed buildings, charged vehicles and injured cattle in the provice of Koh Kong for over a year.
A three day operation was launched to move the elephant to the Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Centre.
'He's
caused a lot of problem along the National Road 48, caused several car
crashes and he's been making inroads into the sugar cane plantation.
Local people are kind of upset, a little angry. Although they all love
him, they're kind of angry. If we don't capture him then he will cause
trouble and ultimately will probably be killed himself,' Nick Mark, the
Director of Wildlife Alliance, told Reuters.
Once the elephant was sedated a crane was need to move the four tonne elephant.
It
is unlikely Sakor will be returned to the wild but Mark from the
Wildlife Alliance said the elephant would become a proud father and a
partner to one of the other female elephants at the wildlife centre.
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