gpNews.com | EAST ACEH - A tame Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatrensis) was reported dead at the Serbajadi Conservation Response Unit (CRU), East Aceh District, Aceh Province.
reported from various sources, a tame male elephant was found dead in the area of CRU's land in the horse coral area, East Aceh.
The tame elephant carcass was discovered on Sunday 25 December 2022 at around 09.00 WIB.
According to information gathered, the male elephant, named Lilik, died as a result of fighting with a herd of wild elephants. This is based on reports from 3 elephant keepers (Mahout).
the head of the Aceh Conservation and Natural Resources Agency (BKSDA), Agus Arianto, when confirmed by the media crew, confirmed the incident.
Agus said, currently the Aceh BKSDA medical team is conducting a necropsy or dissecting the carcass to determine the exact cause of the death of this tame elephant.
"It's true, currently the medical team is conducting a necropsy," said Agus, quoted from the web portal fjlaceh.org, Monday, December 26, 2022.
Meanwhile, Manager of the Leuser Rescue Team (LRT) of the Leuser Conservation Forum (FKL) Nurul Hidayat Lubis said this case was a hard slap to the world of conservation.
"The death of the tame elephant Lilik is the second time after previously the tame elephant Bunta also died at the East Aceh Serbajadi CRU which was allegedly poisoned by residents," said Lubis.
The tame elephant Bunta died as a result of being poisoned and having his ivory taken in June 2018. the deaths of Bunta and Lilik automatically make the remaining elephants in the Serbajadi CRU currently only two individuals.
"Currently there are only female tame elephants left at CRU Serbajadi, Lia and Nonik," he said.
"It's true, currently the medical team is conducting a necropsy," said Agus, quoted from the web portal fjlaceh.org, Monday, December 26, 2022.
According to data, there are 4 tame elephants at CRU, named: Bunta, Lilik, Nonik and Lia, but in 2018 a tame elephant named Bunta died in poisoning by humans.
Now there are only two tame elephants at CRU left, while two tame male elephants have died.[]
