Dozens of elephants have died after being poisoned in Sumatra in recent years by palm oil. Deforestation to make way for plantations, in fact, exacerbates the conflict with humans due to the rapid destruction of the elephant habitat.
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him
Dozens of elephants died after being poisoned in recent years in Sumatra due to palm oil. Deforestation to make way for plantations, in fact, exacerbates the conflict with humans due to the rapid destruction of the elephant habitat.
Vast expanses of rainforest have been destroyed in recent years to make way for plantations and villagers they are increasingly targeting Sumatran elephants, which they regard as parasites. This is why they continue to deliberately poison them, to prevent them from eating the palm fruit, negatively affecting company profits.
And sometimes a photograph is worth a thousand words. Like the one taken by a villager on the island of Sumatra on August 21, 2014, which shows a man placing a fruit on a small dead elephant near the Serbajadi River in Aceh province. It is an area located near the Leuser forest ecosystem on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia.
There are an estimated 2.500 Sumatran elephants left in the wild. Palm oil production also destroys the habitats of other wild animals, such as the Sumatran tiger and orangutan. What can we do? Let's boycott it.
Roberta Ragni
Photo Credit AFP
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