Fewer pygmy jumbos now


  • Nation
  • Friday, 10 Aug 2007

KOTA KINABALU: Satellite tracking of Sabah’s endangered Borneo pygmy elephants has confirmed that their numbers are dwindling because of forest clearing to make way for plantations and logging. 

A two-year study by WWF-Malaysia revealed that the number of elephants in Sabah is fewer than the 1,600 animals estimated earlier. 

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