KOTA KINABALU: Sabah’s endangered pygmy elephants are at risk of cadmium (heavy metal) poisoning, but it might take years before authorities find the source of the pollution.
State Wildlife Department director Augustine Tuuga said the recent elephant death at an oil palm estate in Ulu Tungku, Lahad Datu was most probably caused by poisoning as cadmium was found in its organs.
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