Malaysia's 'elephant whisperer' fights to save Borneo's endangered giants⁣ ⁣ Deep in Malaysia's Borneo jungle, wild shouts fill the air as a Bornean elephant is darted and her angry herd rallies to protect her.⁣ ⁣ The downed elephant is one of only around 1,000 Bornean elephants left in the wild, and the team that darted her is working to protect the endangered species by minimising growing conflict between the animals and local communities. ⁣ ⁣ Once the herd has been chased off, conservationist Farina Othman and her team move in to attach a tracking collar to the animal. Farina has studied these elephants for years, earning her the nickname "Borneo's elephant whisperer" as well as the prestigious Whitley Award for conservationists.⁣ ⁣ For the past 40 years, Bornean elephants have lost more than 60 percent of their habitat in Sabah, in northern Borneo, to logging and, later, oil palm expansion, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which listed the animal as ...