Sabah says it will find pygmy elephant killers ‘soon’


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 12 Aug 2017

A female pygmy elephant with multiple gunshot wounds was found in a plantation.

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah officials are confident that they will soon find those behind the killing of a 10-year-old pygmy elephant at a plantation close to the Malua Forest Reserve in Kinabatangan district.

State Tourism, Culture and Environment assistant minister Datuk Pang Yuk Ming said every bullet was traceable and they hope to be able to find the person behind the killing soon.

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