There are fewer than 1,000 Bornean elephants left in the wild. Logging and palm oil plantations have destroyed their habitat ...

However, recent years have witnessed many deaths of Pygmy elephants in the state, denting Sabah’s reputation in nature conservation. With habitat destruction and fragmentation due to forest ...

Malaysian authorities have a possible elephant murder mystery on their hands after three more pygmy elephants reportedly were found dead on the island of Borneo Wednesday (Jan. 30).The grim discovery ...

Soffian said Sabah has an estimated population of only 1,500 to 2,000 Borneo pygmy elephants left in the wild. The species, which is native to Borneo, is fully protected under the Sabah Wildlife ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — A Borneo pygmy elephant calf was caught rummaging ... according to The Star. “The elephant left without causing any damage to the house,” he said.

Previously, there were cases of tusk removal but rarely do poachers decapitate elephants. There are only 1,500 to 2,000 Borneo pygmy elephants left in the wild in Sabah.

KOTA KINABALU, April 6 (Bernama) -- Anyone responsible for decapitating Borneo pygmy elephants in Sabah will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, says Minister of Tourism, Culture and ...

There are believed to be only around 1,000 pygmy elephants left in the wild, as deforestation and poaching have decimated their numbers. Sabah’s tourism, culture and environment minister ...