Another pygmy elephant found dead, floating down Kinabatangan river


A file picture of two pygmy elephants crossing a road in Taliwas forest, Sabah. - AP

KOTA KINABALU: The carcass of a Borneo Pygmy elephant was found floating down from the upper reaches of the Kinabatangan river early Sunday (Nov 3).

It could not be immediately ascertained if the elephant died of natural causes or was the victim of poachers but a team of Sabah Wildlife Department rangers were heading to the area to ascertain the cause of the latest death of Sabah’s critically endangered jumbos.

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