Management and Ecology of Malaysian Elephants principal investigator Dr Wong Ee Phin said snares, like the one that had caused the elephant calf’s injured foot to be amputated, were usually used because they were cheap.“I don’t think whoever set the snare intended to catch an elephant, but many times elephants get caught in the snares and may lose their foot or trunk, or even starve to death at the snare.
Sahabat Alam Malaysia president Meenakshi Raman said the fact that the baby elephant was injured by a trap suggested that poachers were targeting innocent animals. She added that the Sabah Wildlife Department alone might not have adequate resources to conduct protection efforts. Many planters in Sabah were also promoting habitat protection for wildlife as they believed wildlife protection and conservation would benefit them too for other opportunities such as ecotourism, he said.
“We need to engage more experts. We need to identify the issues of human-wildlife conflict and minimise the conflicts such as crop damage by elephants and poaching.”
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