An elephant has been found dead at the Dusun Panti Felcra scheme after its right foreleg was caught in the fork of a branch of a jackfruit tree.

A worker of the orchard, Bajuri Taib, found the elephant at about 9am last Thursday, said a settler, Mohd Nasir Hashim, 57.

The elephant could have died after it tried in vain all night long to free its leg, he said.

Mohd Nasir said the office of the Johor Wildlife and National Parks Department in Bandar Penawar buried the carcass at the orchard.

- Bernama