More Borneo Elephants Found Dead; Toll Rises to 13

in Animal News on January 30, 2013

Malaysian authorities discovered the decomposing remains of another three endangered Borneo pygmy elephants on Wednesday (Jan. 30), deepening a mystery surrounding at least 13 such deaths this month. The wildlife department in Malaysia’s Sabah state is bracing for the possibility of finding more dead elephants in the Gunung Rara Forest Reserve, where an unknown number of the animals roam, said Masidi Manjun, Sabah’s environment minister.

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