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Making room for elephants

Malaysia's conservationists fight to save Borneo's endangered giants

Updated: 2026-11-03 09:53

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A herd of wild Bornean elephants cross the Kinabatangan River in Sukau, a small village near Sandakan in Sabah state on the island of Borneo, Malaysia, on Aug 25. JAN HENNOP/AFP

Deep in Malaysia's Borneo jungle, wild shouts fill the air as a Bornean elephant is darted and her angry herd rallies to protect her.

The downed elephant is one of only around 1,000 Bornean elephants left in the wild, and the team that darted her is working to protect the endangered species by minimizing growing conflict between the animals and local communities.

Once the herd has been chased off, conservationist Farina Othman and her team move in to attach a tracking collar to the animal.

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