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View all search resultsElephant corpses found in Tesso Nilo national park
Two Sumatran elephants found dead in Tesso Nilo National Park (TNTN), Pelalawan regency, Riau, points to the continuing slaughter of the mammal in Indonesia
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wo Sumatran elephants found dead in Tesso Nilo National Park (TNTN), Pelalawan regency, Riau, points to the continuing slaughter of the mammal in Indonesia.
TNTN head Kupin Simbolon said the elephant corpses were found in two different locations 2 kilometers apart on Friday, by a number of forest rangers and officers from the Riau-chapter World Wildlife Fund (WWF) carrying out a routine patrol to monitor their movements.
'One of them is a male elephant aged around five-years-old while the other is a female mother elephant aged above 20-years-old,' Kupin said on Monday.
TNTN has two main compounds of elephants located in its northern and south eastern parts.
Kupin said personnel had yet to identify which compound the two elephants were from. The two elephants were allegedly poisoned.
'We will send several vital body parts such as the liver to the Veterinary Research Office in Bogor [West Java] and Bukittinggi [West Sumatra] for an autopsy to establish the cause of their deaths,' said Kupin.
Of 15 cases of Sumatran elephant deaths in Riau in 2012, twelve were found in TNTN.
'In May, three elephant corpses were found in TNTN. It was designed as a conservation center to preserve Sumatran elephants,' said WWF Riau spokesperson, Syamsidar.
Only around 150 to 200 elephants are left in the national park, half the total elephant population of Riau. (ebf)
