Malaysia's 'Elephant Whisperer' Fights to Save Borneo's Endangered Giants
The team fitted a tracking collar and took blood samples to alert villagers when elephants stray near homes and farms.
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Malaysia’s ‘elephant whisperer’ leads push to save Sabah’s endangered Bornean elephants
SUKAU, Sept 21 — Deep in Malaysia’s Borneo jungle, wild shouts fill the air as a Bornean elephant is darted and her angry herd rallies to protect her.The downed elephant is one...
In the heart of the Borneo jungle in Malaysia, wild screams echo in the air when a Borneo elephant is struck by a tranquilizing dart and its enraged herd unites to protect it. The fallen elephant is one of about 1,000 remaining Borneo elephants in nature, and the team that sewed it is working to protect the threatened species from extinction, minimizing the growing conflict between animals and local communities.
Malaysia's 'elephant whisperer' fights to save Borneo's endangered giants
The downed elephant is one of only around 1,000 Bornean elephants left in the wild, and the team that darted her is working to protect the endangered species by minimising growing conflict between the animals and local communities. Once the herd has been chased off, conservationist Farina Othman and her team move in to attach a tracking collar to the animal. The collar allows them to alert villagers if the elephant strays too near. #photo1 It i…
The pachydermis is one of some 1,000 Borneo elephants still present in the wild, and the team that slept with him is trying to protect this endangered species by reducing conflicts with local communities.Once the...
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