Malaysia considers reward in dead-elephants case
- Published: 6 Feb 2013 at 12.44
- Online news: Asia
Malaysian authorities will offer a $16,000 reward for information on 14 rare Borneo pygmy elephants found dead last month, if it is confirmed they were poisoned.
This handout photo taken and released by the Sabah Wildlife Department on January 29, 2013 shows a baby elephant staying close to a dead pygmy elephant in the Gunung Rara Forest Reserve. Malaysian authorities will offer a $16,000 reward for information after 14 of the rare elephants were found dead last month, if it is confirmed they were poisoned.
Masidi Manjun, tourism, culture and environment minister for the state of Sabah on vast Borneo island, told AFP that authorities hoped the reward would help them get new leads.
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