Fourteen Borneo elephants – an endangered species with fewer than 1,500 left in the world – were found dead from mysterious circumstances in a protected forest in Sabah, Malaysia. And more elephants are feared dead, possibly from poisoned food.
Wildlife officials say that four elephant carcasses were first found in late December, with six more bodies found on Jan. 11. That’s already one-third of the 30 elephants roaming that particular forest, known as the Gunung Rara Forest Reserve. One Associated Press photograph captured an especially poignant moment in which a baby calf tapped its dead mother’s face with its trunk as if trying to awaken her. Read More »