Sesuatu yang menyayat hati bagi pakar veterinar, Dr Sen Nathan apabila melihat seekor anak gajah pigmi Borneo cuba menggerakkan ibunya yang sudah mati di Hutan Simpan Gunung Rara, Tawau di Sabah.
Pakar veterinar Jabatan Hidupan Liar Sabah itu menyaksikan sendiri detik berkenaan ketika melakukan siasatan berhubung misteri kematian sepuluh ekor gajah terdiri daripada tujuh gajah betina dan tiga gajah jantan di Unit Pengurusan Hutan (FMU) 23, kawasan konsesi Yayasan Sabah di hutan simpan berkenaan iaitu kira-kira 130 kilometer dari Tawau.
"Saya berasa sangat sedih, tiada perkataan untuk menggambarkan perasaan saya," katanya, sambil menambah bahawa anak gajah jantan berusia tiga bulan bernama Kejora itu telah dihantar ke Zoo Hidupan Liar Lok Kawi untuk dijaga termasuk bagi memberi susu botol.
Sepuluh ekor gajah berumur antara empat hingga 20 tahun ditemui mati antara 29 Disember dan 24 Januari lalu di kawasan Lembah Danum dan Lembangan Maliau.
Pengarah Jabatan Hidupan Liar Sabah, Datuk Dr Laurentius Ambu berkata keracunan mungkin punca utama kematian gajah berkenaan.
"Post mortem yang dilakukan mendapati tiada kesan kecederaan akibat tembakan sebaliknya bahagian organ dalaman gajah-gajah berkenaan rosak teruk. Selain bahagian usus, mulut dan anus mereka turut didapati berdarah.
"Kami mengesyaki terdapat unsur keracunan daripada bahan makanan yang mereka makan (toksin semulajadi atau racun perosak) tetapi kita masih menunggu laporan makmal analisis kimia," kata Dr Ambu.
Menurut Ambu, laporan pertama diterima pada Selasa ketika pegawai Tabung Hidupan Liar Sedunia (WWF) menjalankan kajian hidupan liar dimaklumkan oleh seorang pekerja mengenai kematian gajah kira-kira 5 kilometer dari pintu Syarikat Empayar Kejora Sdn Bhd iaitu sebuah anak syarikat Yayasan Sabah.
Katanya gajah berkenaan mungkin termakan racun di tempat lain dan berjalan beberapa kilometer sebelum rebah di kawasan berhampiran Empayar Kejora.
"Kami percaya bahawa kematian semua gajah ini ada kaitan antara satu sama lain," katanya. -mstar
Memang perlu disiasat siapa punya angkara ini.
ReplyDeleteIni akan menyebabkan kepupusan kepada Gajah Borneo ini.
ReplyDeletePercepatkan kajian daripada makmal kimia untuk memastikan gajah yang lain akan dapat diselematkan.
ReplyDeleteBinatang ini adalah antara tarikan pelancong luar negara untuk datang ke Sabah.
ReplyDeleteMenjadi tanda tanya bukan apa punca perkara ini boleh berlaku.
ReplyDeleteBerita terkini dilaporkan jumlah gajah yang didapati mati meningkat kepada 14 ekor.
ReplyDeleteMaka tindakan pantas perlu diambil oleh pihak berkuasa mencari punca masalah ini berlaku.
ReplyDeleteKerana apa yang kita tahu gajah selalunya berjalan berkumpulan. Jadi kita takut semakin bertambah kematian haiwan tersebut berlaku.
ReplyDeleteGanjaran sebanyak RM10,000 ditawarkan untuk pemberi maklumat membantu penangkapan dan pendakwaan individu bertanggungjawab ke atas kematian 14 ekor gajah Pigmi Borneo.
ReplyDeleteGanjaran itu ditawarkan oleh Sabah Malaysian Association of Tour & Travel Agents (MATTA).
ReplyDeleteSamada racun ni disengajakan atau tidak disengajakan, lebih baik tunggu hasil siasatan.
ReplyDeleteHarap2lah tiada lagi kematian lepas ni. spesis gajah ni sudah makin pupus.
ReplyDeletePembangunan juga antara punca hidupan2 seperti gajah ni makin pupus.
ReplyDeleteA forlorn and frightened pygmy elephant calf, reaching out its trunk to touch its dead mother.
ReplyDeleteThat's the heartbreaking scene local authorities came across recently as they patrolled the Gunung Rara Forest Reserve in northeastern Borneo.
ReplyDeleteThe mother was one of 14 elephants, the latest one discovered Thursday, found dead over the past few weeks in the forest reserve. Officials believe they were poisoned, though the cause of death is still being determined.
ReplyDelete"Poisoning elephants is a very common practice in these parts of the world," said Barney Long, the World Wildlife Fund's Asian species expert. "The elephants are usually poisoned with bait such as pineapple, palm oil or bananas. The poison is fast-acting and can kill up to a whole herd."
ReplyDeleteThe purpose of poisoning the elephants: to make the land safe for farming.
ReplyDelete"This is a very sad day for conservation and Sabah," said Malaysia's environment and tourism minister, Masidi Manjun, in a news release. Sabah, one of 13 Malaysian states, is home to Gunung Rara and the remaining pygmy elephants. "The death of these majestic and severely endangered Borneo elephants is a great loss to the state."
ReplyDeleteApproximately 1,200 of the endangered pygmy elephants remain in the wild, Long said. The elephants like low-lying, open areas in Sabah where they can feed easily, but they have also been known to roam into plantations and villages where they cause damage and losses to farmers and villagers alike.
ReplyDeleteMasidi said he has directed the Sabah Wildlife Department, which is in charge of the Gunung Rara Forest Reserve, to set up a joint task force with entities such as the Forestry Department, the forestry group Yayasan Sabah, the World Wildlife Fund and police to investigate these deaths.
ReplyDelete"If indeed these poor elephants were maliciously poisoned, I will make sure that the culprits are brought to justice and pay for their crime," he said in the news release.
ReplyDeleteThe World Wildlife Fund, in a separate statement, said it "is providing support to the Sabah Wildlife Department and is part of the special task force that has been set up by the department to further investigate the matter."
ReplyDeleteOur patrolling teams worked closely with the department in unearthing the incident," WWF-Malaysia's executive director, Dionysius S K Sharma, said in the statement.
ReplyDelete"The central forest landscape in Sabah needs to be protected totally from conversions" from forest to farmland, he said. "All conversion approvals need to be reviewed by the Sabah Forestry Department and assessed not purely from commercial but the endangered species and landscape ecology perspectives.
ReplyDelete"Conversions result in fragmentation of the forests, which in turn results in loss of natural habitat for elephant herds, thus forcing them to find alternative food and space, putting humans and wildlife in direct conflict."
ReplyDeleteHolistic, long-term solutions need to be put in place to address and mitigate the problem, Dionysius said. While the cause of the elephants' deaths is being investigated, the future of the little calf found by his mother's side is uncertain. The calf, now named Joe, is said to be in the care of the Sabah Wildlife Department, but officials hope to have him rejoin a herd as soon as possible.
ReplyDeleteSiapa yang begitu jahat meracuni gajah kita?
ReplyDeleteTeruk betul orang yang melakukan perkara yang jahat seperti ini.
ReplyDeleteGajah pigmi merupakan haiwan yang terlindung, ia dah hampir pupus ni.
ReplyDeleteSesiapa yang didapati bersalah dalam kes membunuh gajah ini pasti menerima balasan.
ReplyDeleteSemoga pihak berkuasa akan berusaha mencari pembunuh gajah ini!
ReplyDeleteADA LADANG YANG TERDEKAT SIASATLAH EMPUNYA LADANG.... SIASAT SEMPADANNYA... MANALAH TAHU RACUN DITABUR SEPANJANG SEMPADAN...
ReplyDeleteA RM10,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest and successful conviction of those causing the death of 13 endangered Bornean Pygmy elephants at Yayasan Sabah Conservation area in the Gunung Rara Forest Reserve, Tawau.
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ReplyDeleteThe reward is offered by the Malaysian Association of Tour & Travel Agents (MATTA) Sabah which said the death of the elephants, believed to be caused by poisoning, was a great loss to the state and tourism industry as viewing them in the wild was always the highlight of nature wildlife tours.
MATTA Sabah chairman KL Tan said Bornean elephants were small in numbers and found in isolated pockets and listed as endangered animals. They were indigenous to Borneo and their generic distinctiveness made them one of the highest priority population for Asian Elephants conservation.
ReplyDelete“If the shocking death of the Bornean elephants is confirmed to have been due to intentional poisoning, MATTA Sabah would offer a cash reward of RM10,000 for information leading to successful conviction of the culprits,
ReplyDeleteHe urged those with information to contact the joint task force directed by Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment Datuk Masidi Manjun and consisting of Sabah Wildlife Department, Forestry Department, Yayasan Sabah, WWF and Royal Malaysia Police.
ReplyDelete“We urged the public to assist the task force to investigate the matter and to ensure there is no malicious intent on the innocent elephants.
ReplyDelete“This cash reward is a positive indication of the travel industry involvement that we are serious in conservation and sustaining Sabah as an eco and wildlife destination
ReplyDelete“MATTA’s contribution is one of the proactive measures to express its interest to the community that we care and the need to protect the Bornean elephants and other endangered wildlife. Conservation of endangered wildlife is for the benefit of our future generation and sustaining tourism growth in Sabah
ReplyDeleteThe viewing of the Bornean elephants in Lower Kinabatangan, Tabin Wildlife Reserve and Danum Valley is one of the main attractions for UK, Europe, Japanese and Australian tourists to Sabah.
ReplyDeleteTourism benefits the whole community due to its spin-off effects and so the community will all lose out if we are not united to conserve our wildlife heritage in Sabah.
ReplyDeletebangang nak mampus manusia yang membunuh gajah secara kejam ni,kalau nak bunuh pun,kasi lupus lah bangkai gajah tu dengan C4,baru kegiatan anda tak terhidu...jangan lah kerana gaduh dgn bini,gajah pun anda jadikan mangsa...dah lah tu,tertinggal lagi seekor anak nya...napa tak bunuh sekali...otak sial punya pelaku ni...
ReplyDeletePDRM tak boleh siasat dan selesaikan kes ini ke? Video lucah boleh siasat dan selesai dengan cepat sehingga hasilnya 99.9% video itu dipercayai tulen. Hahahahaha.....kenapa buang2 duit RM50 ribu
ReplyDeleteGajqh pun ada masaalah,,,! Pemimpin Negara kita lagi byk masalah
ReplyDeletepeople nowdays so selfish.only think of money instead of nature even animals died because of it :'(
ReplyDeletetak berhati perut orang yang buat gajah-gajah tu mati...kesian anaknya dah jadi yatim paitu
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