JAKARTA, Mar 2 (NNN-ANTARA) – A wild Sumatran elephant died, two days after being treated intensively at the Saree Elephant Training Centre, in Indonesia’s Aceh province, the Aceh Natural Resources Conservation Agency said, yesterday.
The agency’s head, Agus Arianto, said, forest guards found the 30-year-old female elephant last Friday, in a malnourished and critical condition, in a forest in Lamtamot village, Aceh Besar district.
“There is an old infected wound in the abdomen. We suspect it was due to being hit by a wooden pole or spear,” Arianto said.
The guards found no indication of violence on the elephant.
Based on a necropsy result, the elephant died of infection from untreated wounds, that triggered the spread of bacteria throughout the body, and then damaged the metabolic system.– NNN-ANTARA
In 2022, this is the third death of Indonesian wild elephants that the International Union for Conservation of Nature classifies as Critically Endangered due to hunts, conflicts, and habitat destructions.
