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The Death of an Elephant

According to the Aceh Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA), most of these elephants were killed by people, either through poisoning or from being shot or electrocuted.

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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 Sumatran elephant is believed to have been poisoned by ivory poachers.

A tame 30-year-old male elephant died from poisoning at the Conservation Response Unit (CRU) grounds in Serbajadi, East Aceh regency.

Bunta, as the elephant was called, was the 56th elephant to have suffered from such a fate in the past six years. According to the Aceh Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA), most of these elephants were killed by people, either through poisoning or from being shot or electrocuted.

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