The World Elephant Day as we know it today was founded in Thailand. Its purpose was to create a global awareness on the gentle giants and to help the public understand the challenges the elephants face in order to ensure the survival of their population well into the future.
KOTA KINABALU, Feb 17 A recent paper titled “Recent Estimate of Asian Elephants in Borneo Reveals a Smaller Population” published in a peer-reviewed journal by WWF estimates the Bornean elephant population in Central Sabah to be 387 elephants with a density of 0.07 individuals per km2. The.
A WWF Malaysia recent study shows that the smaller estimated number of elephants in Central Sabah is not due to the population decline in that elephant range, says its Elephant Conservation manager, Dr Cheryl Cheah
KOTA KINABALU, Feb 16 A WWF Malaysia recent study shows that the smaller estimated number of elephants in Central Sabah is not due to the population decline in that elephant range, says its Elephant Conservation manager, Dr Cheryl Cheah. Cheah in a statement today said the differences in.
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.
The latest is the badly mutilated carcass of an elephant that was discovered in an oil palm plantation in Tongod, Kinabatangan, on Jan 20.