Baby elephant Joe nuzzles his dead mother
There are concerns for the health of an orphaned baby elephant who is feared to be dying of a broken heart.
Borneo pygmy calf Joe is losing weight fast and experts say it will be a "challenging task" to keep him alive as he is only consuming half the milk he should be, AFP reports.
Three-month-old Joe is being cared for by keepers at Malaysia's Gunung Rara Forest Reserve after 14 rare Borneo pygmy elephants were found dead of suspected poisoning.
"There are a number of oil palm plantations in the area where the pygmy elephants were found dead and these elephants do cause a lot of damage and one of the plantations might have wanted to get rid of them."
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