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KOTA KINABALU: A family has come under fire online after sharing their Chinese New Year reunion dinner online.

KOTA KINABALU: The mysterious deaths of dozens of wild boar in Sabah s east coast is not due to African Swine Fever (ASF), says Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan. The Deputy Chief Minister said initial tests results showed that ASF was not the cause for the deaths and more tests are under way. "The Veterinary Department investigating team collected 11 samples – seven from bone marrow of the carcasses or bone remnants and another four from meat samples from sinalau bakas (barbequed wild boar) ven...

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah has set up an initiative to ensure the palm oil sector remains the states key economic driver while also working towards conservation and sustainability. The initiative will be implemented through the Jurisdictional Certification of Sustainable Palm Oil (JCSPO) and Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certification in Sabah. The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Malaysia CEO Sophia Lim said the adoption of the JCSPO initiative would help the state government address defores...

KOTA KINABALU: Dozens of wild boar are dying under mysterious circumstances in the east coast of Sabah. Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) director Augustine Tuuga said authorities were still unsure if the animals died of poisoning, a viral outbreak or other natural causes. The SWD, which is investigating the matter along with the state Veterinary Services and Animal Industry Department, started receiving reports of the boar deaths around late January, with the latest one coming in on Jan 30. “T...

Published on: Thursday, February 04, 2021 By: Malay Mail Text Size: Wildlife and veterinary experts are investigating the deaths of dozens of wild boar. — Picture courtesy of Sabah Wildlife Department Kota Kinabalu: The Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) is investigating the mysterious deaths of dozens of wild boar on Sabah’s east coast. Its director Augustine Tuuga said representatives from his department as well as the Veterinary Services Department are conducting forensic tests to determine...

KOTA KINABALU: A Bornean pygmy elephant calf was found dead at an oil palm plantation in Kinabatangan, and it is believed to have drowned five days before it was found by workers on Friday (Jan 22). When contacted Sunday (Jan 24), Sabah Wildlife Department director Augustine Tuuga said that a post mortem conducted pointed to drowning as the cause of death and added that foul play was not suspected as a cause of the calfs death He said they suspect that the male calf was probably moving with a h...

KOTA KINABALU: It’s only 22 days into the new year and Sabah has already lost three endangered Bornean pygmy elephants, with the latest having been shot and butchered. Those responsible for dismembering the animal had left its tusks at the scene, which has wildlife authorities wondering if this was an act of cruelty rather than poaching. The sheer brutality of the crime has left wildlife rangers stunned. Sabah Wildlife Department director Augustine Tuuga said the animal was found at the bound...

KOTA KINABALU: An elephant was found shot and brutally hacked into several parts in what was the third and most cruel death of an endangered Bornean pygmy elephant in the wilds of Sabah this year. The tusks were ironically left untouched, leaving wildlife rangers wondering about the motive for the killing, which showed signs of brutality that had never been seen in the previous cases. Sabah Wildlife Department director Augustine Tuuga said the decomposing half-skinned carcass of the elephant wa...