Severely injured bull elephant put to sleep after rescuers fail to nurse it back to health


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 12 Jun 2019

KOTA KINABALU: A severely injured bull elephant that was believed to have been hit by a vehicle in an accident a few months ago was euthanised on Tuesday (June 11) after rescuers failed to nurse it back to health.

The eight-year-old elephant, which was rescued from a plantation in Tawau on March 21, sustained multiple injuries including to its head and jaw.

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