Agence France Presse
July 14, 2008
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) — Wildlife researchers have fitted three Bornean elephants with satellite collars in Malaysia's Sabah state, marking the beginning of the first study of their "virtually unknown" social structure.
A conservation biologist in charge of the project said studies on the genetic aspects of the Bornean elephant have been carried out in the past but "we have yet to study their social structure which is virtually unknown."
"The collaring of the elephants is to enhance our access to them," said Nurzhafarina Othman, of the Danau Girang Field Centre.
"We will carry out actual observation and collect DNA information via the faeces of particular individuals," she said in a statement over the weekend.
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