Photo of baby elephant brutally killed in Indonesia causes outrage
Residents near a river in Serbajadi, East Aceh district, Aceh province, near the Leuser forest ecological reserve on Sumatra island, Indonesia, were extremely angry when they discovered the body of a baby elephant, most likely killed by deforesters.
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| The body of a baby elephant on Sumatra island. (Source: AFP) |
Dozens of elephants have been brutally killed on the island of Sumatra over the years, according to wildlife officials.
The expansion of palm oil plantations affects the elephants' habitat and brings them into more contact with humans.
Previously, in February, Indonesian authorities found the bodies of seven rare Sumatran elephants in an area outside Tesso Nilo National Park (Riau province, in the west of the country) and suspected they were poisoned./.
According to Vietnam +
