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A heavily pregnant Sumatran elephant was found dead of suspected poisoning in western Indonesia’s Sumatra island, officials said on Friday. The animal was 25 years old and was about to give ...
The report came three days after two dead Sumatran elephants were found near a paper plantation in Riau, allegedly poisoned by poachers. Another elephant was killed last month near Tesso Nilo ...
In 2013, WWF Indonesia said poisoning or shooting had killed many of the 129 critically endangered Sumatran elephants in less than a decade.
Two Sumatran elephants used to patrol protected forests were killed with single shots to the head each, Indonesian wildlife officials said Tuesday. The carcasses were found near their rangers' camp.
JAKARTA, Indonesia — An endangered Sumatran elephant found dead with its tusks removed in northwestern Indonesia may have been killed by poachers using poisoned pineapples, conservationists said ...
The number killed in the past six months is equal ... cleared for commercial farming or felled for lumber. Only 3,000 Sumatran elephants are believed to remain in the wild. They sometimes venture ...
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia – A Sumatran elephant has been found dead in Indonesia's Aceh province with its tusks cut off, raising suspicion it was killed by poachers. The carcass of the estimated 25 ...
A critically endangered Sumatran elephant who had patrolled Indonesia's jungles to help protect threatened habitats has been killed for his tusks sparking online anger JAKARTA, Indonesia – A ...
The number killed in the past six months is equal ... cleared for commercial farming or felled for lumber. Only 3,000 Sumatran elephants are believed to remain in the wild. They sometimes venture ...
The Tesso Nilo National Park in Pelalawan District, Riau Province, has again lost one of its Sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus sumatranus) after a poacher allegedly killed it for its tusks.
Two Sumatran elephants were found dead near a community palm ... custody of BKSDA Riau (Riau Province’s Natural resource Conservation Agency). The two elephants killed in the incident have been ...