‘Smaller estimated elephant number in central Sabah not due to population decline’

A WWF-Malaysia recent study shows that the smaller estimated number of elephants in central Sabah is not due to the population decline in that elephant range, says its Elephant Conservation manager Cheryl Cheah.

Cheah in a statement today said the differences in estimates were due to the methodological limitations in the previous estimations.

She said the peer-reviewed journal...