Another pygmy elephant found dead with tusks missing


KOTA KINABALU: Another adult bull pygmy elephant has been found shot dead with its tusks missing, this time at a plantation in Beluran district, some 210km from here.

The elephant had several gunshot injuries compared to the more than 70 bullet wounds found on an adult male pygmy in east coast Tawau district on Sept 25.

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