Set Chief Executive Officer, Dr Haji Rahimatsah Amat, welcomed the joint cooperation for sustainability of conservation areas under the YSG supervision
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 last week.
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He said the Sabah Wildlife Department has been ordered to carry out a full and detailed investigation into the killing where the jumbo was shot seven times, skinned and chopped up to several parts in the state s central Tongod district. We are taking it very seriously. We want those involved in crimes against wildlife to be charged for the crime, he told reporters in Ranau when asked about the actions currently being taken on Sunday (Jan 24).
On Jan 22, a worker at a plantation found the jumbo s chopped up and decomposing body along the estate s boundary near Kampung Imbak in Tongod.