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Local Business Sports Leisure BM Kadazan Dusun EDUCATION ECO Archives Latest News	Prisons footballers out to defend title |  Positive pre-season tour |  Trip down memory lane with Holy Trinity’s Class of 1960 |  Farewell Angelina wows Sabahans |  392 PPS pinotindooi id sikul pototongkop Sabah |  Kada patazado video nakahaid toi ko habus pogun |  Program Jom Ke Sekolah beri kesedaran kepada semua pihak |  392 police liaison officers assigned to schools in Sabah |  MMEA detains four Chinese vessels for anchoring without permission |  Mary Kay joins 2020 Generational Dermatology Palm Springs Symposium |  A woman to head Agrobank? |  Penduduk Mukim Lagud Seberang bakal terima bekalan air bersih |  Minggu Akademik SMK Takis 2020 berjaya dan meriah |  MAQIS Labuan rampas 18,708kg konsainan hasilan tanah 'Media Abrasive' bernilai lebih RM300,000 |  Badan keagamaan disaran celik digital tangani gejala negatif |   ECO     Two female pygmy elephants killed by unknown poison – Liew two female Borneo pygmy elephants were found dead at separate locations in a Sukau plantation and the Demarakot Forest Reserve in Sandakan. Full Story   Ensuring accountability for elephant deaths in Sabah Although accidents do occur, most deaths appear to have been deliberate, retaliatory killings after the elephants enter agricultural areas and eat crops and trample the ground. Whatever the motive, the killings are unnecessary. Full Story   Shafie: Incidents causing elephant deaths should not be recurring This is the second and third discovery of elephant carcasses this year after the first one was found in Lower Kinabatangan last month, believed to have been buried by an oil palm plantation company. Full Story   Sustaining Kota Kinabalu’s Marine Heritage: Be part of the solution, not the pollution The beach combing programme held along the public beach of Sutera Harbour Resort and Sulug Island in the Tunku Abdul Rahman Park on Saturday was not the first held by Sutera Harbour Resort (SHR) and Borneo Marine Research Institute (BMRI), Universiti Ma Full Story   Free public talk on Zero Waste Lifestyle Zero Waste is a lifestyle which intends to decrease the amount of rubbish to zero. “In other words, you can live a life without creating unnecessary wastes, especially, non-biodegradable and non-recycling wastes such as plastics” Full Story   HMS contributes over RM11k to orang utan conservation The fund was raised to support and assist the conservation of orang utan heritage in Sabah, particularly for the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre. Full Story   Marine Police thwart attempt to smuggle 4,000 baby freshwater tortoises into Tawau found the baby tortoises in 39 small containers that were kept in two boxes after opening three bags on the boat. The freshwater baby tortoises were smuggled into Tawau to be taken to Semporna, Nazari said. Full Story   Canon lends support to Sabah wildlife conservation A series of wildlife photo exhibitions will be coming soon and they will be on public display in multiple locations around Sabah, starting with the "Wildlife Fun at The Library" event in Tawau in conjunction with the World Pangolin Day on Feb 15. Full Story   Global efforts needed to curb wildlife smuggling She asserted Sabah Government has a clear picture regarding these infamous crimes; everyone needs to take every step necessary to protect the wildlife. Full Story   Bornean elephants avoid urbanised areas, study shows There are only an estimated 1,500 Bornean elephants in the wild, with populations mostly concentrated in Sabah. Full Story   Workshop marks end of ambitious conservation project (UNDP) handing over the project outputs and other key documents to the Natural Resources Office on behalf of Sabah’s government. Full Story   Special working group to focus on Bornean elephants Menon also called on the Sabah Wildlife Department and AsESG to work closely to address the issue of elephant mortality and human-elephant conflict as well as for the conservation of the species. Full Story   TAED, a threat to Sabah’s iconic beach: Landscape architect As the saying goes, don’t design by putting lipstick on a pig, and in the TAED case, putting lipstick on an orangutan. We are better than that as a LEADER. Full Story   Shafie: Sabahans need to co-exist with elephants Most of the cases occurred in palm oil plantation or forest reserves, with half of the deaths caused either by gunshot wounds or suspected poisoning, while quite a number remained unsolved. Full Story   Elephants to get food corridor Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Christina Liew said among others, kampung folks in the area would be appointed to plant elephant foods along the corridor to prevent the pachyderms from going into plantations. Full Story	Now, you can also channel your complaints or grievances to Actionline through our E-Mail You may write to: ActionLine, New Sabah Times, P.O. Box No 15141, 88861 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
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