Preserving forest, dropping Sukau bridge are best way to protect Kinabatangan wildlife

A female elephant with her satellite collar crossing a small river in the Kinabatangan. Fourteen individual elephants that were collared across the Kinabatangan provided high-resolution GPS data for this study. (Courtesy: Rudi Delvaux)

KOTA KINABALU: The best way to protect wildlife like the endangered Pygmy elephant is by preserving the remaining forests and dropping the Sukau bridge project, say environmentalists.

Dr Nicola Abram from the non-governmental organisation Forever Sabah said protecting all remaining forests and dropping plans for a public road through the Kinabatangan elephant range was important to safeguard the highly threatened wildlife.