Elephant deaths: Sabah offers RM120,000 reward to catch poachers


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 29 Aug 2018

A penetrating wound was found near the female elephant's temple area.

TELUPID: The Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) is offering a reward of RM120,000 for any information that would lead to the arrests of poachers or people setting up snare traps in the state.

The offer was announced following the shocking deaths of 25 Borneo pygmy elephants in the first eight months of this year, with 24 of them dying in the last four months.

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