Ginting

Beautiful Ginting with her herd

While the WCA offered a temporary refuge, challenges such as illegal electric fences, human activity, and limited natural food made it difficult for the elephants to remain there.

By February–March 2025, the elephants returned south, following familiar paths around Sekutur Jaya, Muara Sekalo, and Semambu—routes historically used by elephants before the corridor became fragmented by development. Their return highlights the importance of these traditional movement pathways and the need to keep them protected.

After moving south, Ginting’s herd joined up with Mutiara’s herd, forming a larger herd of around 40 elephants which is always wonderful to observe. Together, they roamed an estimated 382 km², mostly along rivers and forest patches surrounded by farmland and villages. This brings them into close contact with people, which unfortunately increases the risk of human-elephant conflict. It also underscores the critical need for better protection of their habitat and safe movement routes.

Thanks to your support, elephants like Ginting have the chance to keep moving freely through their forest home—and your help is more important than ever.

This program is a collaboration with our FZS partners, and the Ministry of Forestry