Another jumbo rescued from snare


Help is here: Sabah Wildlife Department veterinarians and rangers treating a male elephant that suffered injuries to its leg when it stepped on a poacher’s trap in Lahad Datu.

KOTA KINABALU: Another Borneo Pygmy elephant was rescued from a trap in east coast Sabah as the endangered jumbos in the state continue to face threats of extinction.

Sabah Wildlife Department rangers rescued a young male elephant aged between seven to nine years that suffered an injury to its front right leg due to a snare in Taliwas area in Lahad Datu late Tuesday.

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