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Home sweet home: A Wildlife Rescue Unit member releasing Klowyi into the sea, witnessed by Sainsbury (in white shirt) and Sabah Park rangers (in the opposite boat). KOTA KINABALU: A rescued female juvenile green turtle, diagnosed with floater syndrome probably due to ingesting plastics or having bacterial infection, has been released back into the sea by the Sabah Wildlife Department’s Wildlife Rescue Unit. The turtle, nicknamed Klowyi, was seen floating and unable to dive in Kudat waters a month ago, and was rescued by a Kudat Turtle Conservation Society member who alerted the unit. During...

Published on: Friday, March 12, 2021 By: Bernama Text Size: Nita with her handler, Aidey Jaumin, a ranger from the Sabah wildlife rescue unit. (Sabah Wildlife Department pic) Kota Kinabalu: Her name was Nita and she was just 1 month old when she was found alone in a Tawau oil palm plantation 20 months ago. She was injured with wounds all over her body and suffering from an umbilical cord and foot infection. Her rescuers, the Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) Wildlife Rescue Unit (WRU), brought her to the Borneo Elephant Sanctuary but due to serious complications from her injuries she was euthan...

KOTA KINABALU: A rescued elephant calf was euthanised on Wednesday (March 10) after months of health complications. The female calf, named Nita, was rescued from a palm oil estate in Tawau district about 20 months ago when it was just a month old. It is believed that Nita's herd left it behind during an elephant control operation conducted by the authorities as it could not keep up with them. At the time, Nita was found with wounds that needed treatment, and was brought to the Borneo Elephant Sanctuary in Kinabatangan. On Friday (March 12) Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) director Augustine Tu...

KOTA KINABALU: An elusive estuarine crocodile that has been spotted along the city's monsoon drains have finally been caught by a trap set up by state Wildlife Department rangers. The two-metre long crocodile, which has been spotted many times over the years, was caught in the trap along a monsoon drain near Wisma MUIS in Sembulan here Wednesday (Feb 3), after fresh sightings of it was reported in December. Sabah Wildlife Department director Datuk Augustine Tuuga said the crocodile inhabited the large monsoon drain running across Taman Ujana Park that interconnects with the monsoon drain near...

Published on: Thursday, January 14, 2021 By: FMT The maroon langurs at Laban Rata, near the summit of Mount Kinabalu. Kota Kinabalu: A recent sighting of a troop of maroon langurs or red leaf monkeys near the summit of Mount Kinabalu has come as a pleasant surprise to wildlife experts, but it has also raised concerns about the effects of climate change. The maroon langurs were spotted at Laban Rata at an altitude of 3,272 metres.  The species, which has the scientific name of Presbytis rubicunda, is usually found in forests up to an altitude of 2,000m. ADVERTISEMENT In response to a posting ...