Elephant without ivory found dead in Aceh district Sampoiniet

Elephants poisoned in Sampoinit. @ HERI / ATJEHPOSTcom

The elephant was found dead on Saturday morning. "There were villagers who reported to us no elephants were killed on Saturday morning we all shared location polhut officers and some elephant handler," he said.

A wild elephant was found killed by traps in the village of Sabon Rantau, Sampoiniet, Aceh Jaya, Sunday, July 14, 2013. The elephant was found dead without tusks.

Mukhtar, chairman of the Aceh Jaya Ranger claimed the elephant was killed by a trap. "There is a scar on the head of an elephant trap stuck when the elephant was found," he said.


The elephant was found dead on Saturday morning. "There were villagers who reported to us no elephants were killed on Saturday morning we all shared location polhut officers and some elephant handler," he said.
Mukhtar told, the night before it was discovered there was a herd of elephants elephants down to the village. The officer was on patrol at night to drive the elephants back into the forest.

"We were on patrol to drive the elephants back to the forest. Investagate there's just not installed traps for elephants," he said.Allegedly was deliberately poisoned elephants for ivory is taken. "Judging from the way it works, it's likely deliberately poisoned elephants for ivory is taken," said Mukhtar again. [atjehpost.com] (Mrd)