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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 calf's death He said they suspect that the male calf was probably moving with a herd when it got caught in rising flood waters during bad weather experienced in most parts of Sabah...

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 boundary of the Saicheng Plantation, near Kampung Imbak, in central Sabah’s Tongod district at about 8a...

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 was found on the border of Saicheng Plantation near Kampung Imbak in central Sabah's Tongod district a...