KOTA KINABALU: Sabah faces extinction of its critically endangered Borneo pygmy elephant if the killing of the land mammal continues. Sabah deputy chief minister Datuk Christina Liew said the spate of elephant deaths was not good for the survival of pygmy elephant species. "If this carries on, we might be looking at another extinction of a large mammal in Sabah. "We need to work together with all stakeholders to make sure we do not let the elephants go the same way the rhinos did," she said. In September, a dead elephant was found with 70 gunshot wounds at a plantation in Kalabakan, Tawau.

Source: New Strait Times November 07, 2019 05:23 UTC