The day when celebrated Baby Joe became aggressive


Wake up, mum: A file picture of Baby Joe tugging on his dead mother at Tawau’s Gunu Rara forest reserve in January 2013.

KOTA KINABALU: The elephant, Baby Kejora @ Joe, caught worldwide attention when he was the sole survivor of a poisoning that killed 14 Borneo pygmy elephants nine years ago.

A heart-wrenching photograph of the calf trying to wake his dead mother up at the Gunung Rara Forest Reserve about 140km from Tawau on Jan 25, 2013, caught the attention of Malaysians and others globally.

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