KOTA KINABALU: In a grim echo of a similar incident earlier this year, another Borneo pygmy elephant has been found brutally killed in the Tawau region—its decapitated carcass left to rot in Tibow.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — A Borneo pygmy elephant calf was caught rummaging through a worker’s quarters in Bukit Batu Kalabakan, Tawau, in an apparent search for food. A video of the incident ...

She said her ministry expresses deep concern over discovery of a decapitated Borneo pygmy elephant in Tawau recently which was confirmed by Sabah Wildlife Department director Mohd Soffian Abu Bakar.

The Borneo pygmy elephant is fully protected under the Sabah Wildlife Conservation Enactment 1997. Harming them is an offence, with offenders facing imprisonment and severe fines if found guilty.