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Published on: Thursday, February 18, 2021 By: Bernama Wildlife officer Jibius Dausip checking on injured elephant. Kota Kinabalu: Their peaceful nature has earned them the ‘gentle giant’ moniker. Sadly, Sabah’s Borneo pygmy elephant – an elephant subspecies found mainly on the island of Borneo – population is declining fast due to habitat loss and the never-ending human-animal conflict. Now and then reports emerge of villagers and plantation workers stumbling on the remains of elephants that died of various causes, including poaching, poisoning and revenge or retaliation killing. T...

17 Feb 2021 / 11:35 H. Two baby pygmy elephants playing in the water on the banks of Sungai Kinabatangan near Kampung Bilit in Sandakan.--fotoBERNAMA (2021) Copyrights Reserved By ROHANA NASRAH There seems to be no end to elephant slaying in Sabah, with the latest grim “episode” involving the discovery of a badly mutilated carcass in Tongod. This is the final of two articles on the efforts being taken by the state authorities and non-governmental organisations to protect Sabah’s endangered pygmy elephants. KOTA KINABALU, Feb 17: Their peaceful nature has earned them the ‘gentle gia...