Poisoning May Be Cause of Death for 10 Borneo Pygmy Elephants

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This handout photo taken and released by the Sabah Wildlife Department on Januray 29, 2013 shows a baby elephant staying close to a dead pygmy elephant in the Gunung Rara Forest Reserve, some 130 kilometers from Tawau in Malaysia's Sabah state. Ten endangered pygmy elephants have been found dead this month in Malaysian Borneo and are thought to have been poisoned, conservation officials said on January 29, 2013. Wildlife authorities in Sabah, a state on the eastern tip of the island, have formed a taskforce together with the police and WWF to investigate the deaths. AFP PHOTO / Sabah Wildlife Department

 

This sort of thing breaks my heart.  People can be so cruel.

"KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Ten endangered Borneo pygmy elephants have been found dead in a Malaysian forest under mysterious circumstances, and wildlife officials said Tuesday that they probably were poisoned.

Carcasses of the baby-faced elephants were found near each other over the past three weeks at the Gunung Rara Forest Reserve, said Laurentius Ambu, director of the wildlife department in Malaysia’s Sabah state on Borneo island.

In one case, officers rescued a 3-month-old calf that was trying to wake its dead mother." ... read more