Sabah to review logging concessions after elephant deaths


It is estimated that there are fewer than 2,000 wild elephants in Sabah. — filepic

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Government will review logging concessions in “critical” areas where dead pygmy elephants have been discovered recently.

Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal said the state government will review the current concessions, including those under Forest Management Units, as they might be related to the deaths.

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