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The world’s smallest elephants are facing extinction. One woman has a plan to save them

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By Sam Peters, CNN (CNN) — The world’s smallest elephants are still big. Measuring around nine feet (2.7 meters) tall, Bornean elephants are the smallest subspecies of the Asian elephant, and are two feet (60 centimeters) shorter than their African counterparts. Found only on the island of Borneo, mostly in the Malaysian state of Sabah, there are fewer than 1,000 Bornean elephants left in the wild, and they are classified as endangered. In the l…

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The world’s smallest elephants are facing extinction. One woman has a plan to save them

There are fewer than 1,000 Bornean elephants left in the wild. Logging and palm oil plantations have destroyed their habitat and conflicts with humans are on the rise. But conservationist Farina Othman is working to protect them.

11 months ago·Atlanta, United States

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