She was found very weak with a snare still embedded in her almost-severed trunk on Sunday in Alue Meuraksa, a forested village in the Aceh Jaya district, according to conservation officials.Īrianto told reporters that an autopsy was underway by a team of vets to determine the causes of the baby elephant’s death. The 1-year-old female was among the last of the island’s 700 wild Sumatran elephants. “Its trunk was getting rotten and no longer functioning.” “We have tried our best, but it can’t be helped either,” said Agus Arianto, the head of Aceh province’s conservation agency. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) - A baby elephant in Indonesia’s Sumatra island died Tuesday after losing half her trunk to a trap set by poachers who prey on the endangered species, officials said, despite efforts to amputate and treat her wounds.
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