Saving the Pygmy Elephant
Tuesday, August 9, 2005
Pygmy elephants in the Kalimantan forests are different from elephants in Sumatra and other Asian countries. Malaysia is using mini-transmitters to carry out research.
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ONE afternoon in the forests of Sabah, Malaysia, the hunter was ready with his gun when the small elephant emerged from the thick of the woods. With the poor animal set in his gunsight, the hunter fired. The elephant staggered and fell to the ground.
After hours of searching in the dark of the forests, the days hunting ended with a prize elephant in the bag. Roselis, by which the hunters named the poor thing, lay unconscious, no blood spilled. She
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