KOTA KINABALU: One of two dead Bornean pygmy elephant found in the east coast of Sabah was first spotted by tourists on a river cruise near Sungai Koyah in Kinabatangan. The department yesterday dispatched a team to the area to carry out investigations. "Investigation is now focused on finding the possible area where the elephant died or been killed upstream the Kinabatangan river where the carcass was thrown into," said Tuuga. On Sept 10, a male elephant calf with its tusks still intact was found dead within the plantation area in Dumpas, Tawau. No injuries were found on its body and wilslife department team had collected internal organ samples from the calf for analysis to determine the cause of deat.

Source: New Strait Times September 28, 2017 14:48 UTC