‘Two key factors to end jumbo deaths’

Cause for concern: A total of 18 pygmy elephants have died since April. The motive behind more than half of the deaths could not be ascertained. — EPA

KOTA KINABALU: Identifying the source of poisoning and improving the layout of the electric fencing are among key tasks that need to be tackled quickly in overcoming the deaths of Borneo pygmy elephants.

A Sabah-based conservationist Dr Marc Ancrenaz said the post-­mortems had yet to give a conclusive cause over the jumbo’s recent deaths, though suspicion was that it might be poisoning of their food and water sources.