Pygmy elephant calf dies after being caught in snare trap


  • Nation
  • Friday, 27 Jul 2018

Kejora's caretaker giving the baby elephant a bath at the Lok Kawi Wildlife Park.

KOTA KINABALU: A Borneo pygmy elephant calf was unable to survive the trauma of being caught in a snare trap set by poachers and died hours after being found.

Sabah Wildlife Department director Augustine Tuuga confirmed the calf's death at the Sungai Taliwas Forest Reserve in Lahad Datu, and said it was found with a snare trap wire still wrapped around its right foot on Thursday (July 26).

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