Minister: More rangers to be deployed at plantations to protect Sabah wildlife


A Borneo pygmy elephant carcass which was found by officers from the Sabah Wildlife Department recently.

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah will increase the number of wildlife rangers at plantations bordering forest reserves in the state to keep an eye on endangered animals in the wild.

State Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Christina Liew said this move was in light of the recent unexplained deaths of six endangered Borneo pygmy elephants which occurred within the space of just over a month.

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