2019 a year of challenges for Sabah wildlife conservation efforts
Saturday, 28 Dec 2019 09:22 AM MYT
Sabahans were not alone in feeling the sadness of losing the female rhinoceros, most Malaysians did, and news of Iman’s passing has gained worldwide attention as it is officially extinct in Malaysia. Apart from the rhinoceros, another mammal in Sabah facing extinction is the Borneo Pygmy elephant when 24 deaths were recorded this year alone and shockingly, five elephant deaths were reported in the space of four months.
The dust had hardly settled down when another Borneo elephant was found shot dead on October 19 at a Beluran oil palm plantation, and two weeks later, a Borneo elephant carcass was found floating in the Kinabatangan River on Nov 3 before another elephant was found dead in Sukau on Nov 16! The numbers recorded over the past 10 years are huge especially given the state of elephant species in Sabah that is on the verge of extinction with only about 2,000 species remaining.
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