State Wildlife Dept stretched in manpower

KOTA KINABALU: It has been a hectic time for wildlife rangers in Sabah following reports of a crocodile attack that killed a child in Lahad Datu and incidents of elephants roaming near schools and on farms.

State Wildlife Department director Augustine Tuuga said apart from being stretched in manpower in their bid to capture the killer crocodile, they were now attending to several reports of elephants in Lahad Datu and Tungku.