Growing concern over jumbo mums


Jimbo and Tun Tan being cared for at Sepilok by two members of the Wildlife Rescue Unit.

KOTA KINABALU: Concern is growing over whether the mothers of two rescued female Borneo Pygmy elephant calves found wandering in two plantations on Feb 12 may have been poisoned.

Wildlife rangers have been combing areas in Kinabatangan to locate the elephant cows and their herd but have yet to locate them.

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