David Attenborough attacks plan for Borneo bridge

Endangered pygmy elephants and orangutans threatened by scheme for Kinabatangan Wildlife SanctuaryDavid Attenborough and Steve Backshall have joined conservationists and charities asking the Borneo government to reconsider a bridge that threatens one of the last sanctuaries of the rare pygmy elephant.There are now just 1,500 of the world’s smallest pachyderm, according to WWF, and about 300 of them make their home in the 26,000-hectare Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, in the state of Sabah