Sabah Wildlife Dept searching for source of cadmium responsible for pygmy elephant deaths

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KOTA KINABALU: Sabah's wildlife investigators are racing to find the source of the cadmium poisoning that is now believed to be the cause of many elephants deaths.

"We are still in the process of finding out how these elephants got the cadmium in their systems," Sabah Wildlife Department director Augustine Tuuga said.

For the first time after years of inconclusive results on the deaths of Borneo pygmy elephants, wildlife conservationist found evidence of cadmium poisoning. Since Sept 14, five Borneo Pygmy elephants - including three in the last two weeks - were found dead in the Kunak and Kinabatangan districts. On Monday, State Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Jafry Ariffin said that the poison centre's analysis did not find any insecticide or herbicide in samples taken from the elephants.

 

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