Sabah govt urged to conduct full inquiry into elephant-related death of handler

Wildlife ranger Joe Fred Lansou, 49, who was gored by an elephant at Sabah's Lok Kawi Wildlife Park

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah government should conduct a full inquiry into what triggered a Borneo Pygmy elephant to gore its handler to death on Christmas Day at the Lok Kawi Wildlife Park near here.

Local social and environmental activist Jefferi Chang said that a full inquiry was needed to clear the air on the fatal incident which could only occur if the management had the safeguards in place for its personnel to handle wild animals.