Cadmium found in elephant carcasses


Tracking device: Sahana being fitted with a satellite collar on Sept 30. — Photo courtesy of Sabah Wildlife Department’s rescue unit

KOTA KINABALU: A toxic heavy metal known as cadmium may be the cause of the deaths of Sabah’s endangered Borneo pygmy elephants over the years.

However, it is not known how cadmium had entered the bodies of these animals.

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