Poachers target Asian jumbos

Rare breed: Sabre, the elephant with uniquely reversed tusks, was killed in November last year.

PETALING JAYA: Elephants in Malaysia and parts of Asia may be in the crosshairs of poachers hunting for ivory.

Ivory tusks from Asian elephants are a lot rarer than those from Africa and fetch a higher price, said an international group probing the illegal wildlife trade.