There are only an estimated 2,000 pygmy elephants left in Sabah.
When forests make way for agricultural activities and human settlements are built close to wildlife habitats, where will the animals go in search of food? No prizes for guessing the answer.
As Sabah Deputy Chief Minister Christina Liew herself pointed out, the loss of elephant habitats to large-scale planting of oil palm is among the elements that contributed to the rise in man-elephant conflicts. Once the state cabinet gives the green light, the necessary resources and allocations would be made available to the Sabah Wildlife Department to ensure the success of the action plan, she added.
“Estate managements and workers facing elephant intrusions should abstain from endangering the animal or allowing hunters or poachers to enter their plantations,” she stressed. The state is concerned over these fatality numbers, more so when they are an endangered species and Sabah now only has an estimated 2,000 pygmy elephants left, the minister said.
“The federal government intends to amend the act, and we want to see what the new penalties entail before we amend Sabah’s enactment. This is to ensure uniformity in Sabah and the federal government’s enforcement aspects,” she explained.
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