Injured pygmy elephant nursed back to health


  • Nation
  • Monday, 03 Jun 2019

On the mend: The injured elephant standing up with the help of a harness to eat. (Inset) The elephant resting after treatment was applied on its wound.

KOTA KINABALU: An injured juvenile male pygmy elephant, which villagers thought was dead, is being nursed back to health.

The elephant was found by Perdana Estate workers in Sabah’s central Telupid district on May 22, after which they alerted wildlife rangers.

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