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Pygmy elephant gores handler to death in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – A pygmy elephant gored its handler to death at a wildlife park in Malaysia’s eastern Sabah state in a Christmas Day tragedy, conservation officials said yesterday. Joe Fred Lansou, 49, was treating an injured calf when another captive adult elephant suddenly “tusked him very badly” in the chest and abdomen, Sabah […]

The worker was treating an injured calf when an adult elephant suddenly "tusked him very badly" in the chest and abdomen.

An elephant fatally gored its handler in a nature reserve on the Malaysian side of the island of Borneo, on Christmas Day, park officials said Thursday.

Sim Leoi Leoi THE STAR – There it was, its beady eyes flickering in the eerie light. Craggy reptilian scales glimmered as the large crocodile slithered out of sight into the undergrowth, leaving a splash in its wake in the muddy water. You would think this is a scene from the middle of a jungle. […]

In Malaysia, increased crocodile sightings and recent attacks – especially in Sabah – are raising a debate: can we learn to live peacefully with these apex predators or do we begin hunting them?

ĶOTA KINABALU: A Borneo Pygmy elephant gored its handler to death at the Lok Kawi Wildlife Park near here on Christmas morning.

PETALING JAYA: A Borneo pygmy elephant gored its handler to death at the Lok Kawi Wildlife Park in Penampang, Sabah, earlier Sunday.

KOTA KINABALU: Likas Bay near here was alive with visitors, families on picnics and people carrying out sports activities as usual.

Kota Kinabalu: An animal rights lawyer has denounced the Sabah wildlife department’s plan to shoot and kill a crocodile that was spotted at the Tanjung Lipat beach here last week.