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Another Elephant Found Dead from Poisoning

The Aceh Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) recorded that the deaths – including from poisoning, shooting and ensnarement in electrical traps – were mostly caused by humans.

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A local villager looks at the body of a Sumatran elephant that was under the care of the Serbajadi Conservation Response Unit (CRU) on Saturday (9/6/2018) in Bunin village, Serbajadi district, East Aceh regency, Aceh. The 37-year-old tame Sumatra elephant was believed to have been poisoned by ivory poachers.

BANDA ACEH, KOMPAS – Bunta, a trained 30-year-old male elephant, was found dead in Serbajadi district, East Aceh regency, Aceh, by the Conservation Response Unit (CRU). The elephant had apparently eaten something doused with poison. This is adds to the 56 cases of elephant deaths over the past six years.

The Aceh Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) recorded that the deaths – including from poisoning, shooting and ensnarement in electrical traps – were mostly caused by humans.

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