A 40-year-old male Sumatran elephant found beheaded on a plantation, probably killed by poachers
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himUn elephant brutally killed and beheaded was found on a plantation in Riau province, Indonesia.
The mutilated body of the specimen of Elephas maximus sumatranus, endangered species, was discovered last Monday by a worker on a plantation.
Almost certainly it was the people who made such an inhumane gesture poachers who, interested in the animal's tusks, cut off the elephant's head.
The pachyderm was a 40-year-old, raised male appears to have been killed a week ago and now the authorities are looking for the culprits of this barbaric killing.
THESumatran elephant has been among the endangered species since 2012 and is continuously threatened by deforestation, which in Indonesia is dangerously reducing the natural habitat of these animals.
According to the WWF, the habitat of the Sumatran elephant has shrunk by 70% and the population of these animals has decreased by half in a single generation. The reduction of the natural environment is also causing theincreased conflicts between humans and elephants, which approach inhabited areas and crops in search of food.
In addition to being threatened by the lack of resources, elephants have to contend with i poachers, who hunt them illegally to trade their precious fangs.
In Indonesia there are now less than 2000 specimens left of wild Sumatran elephants, according to estimates by the Indonesian Ministry of the Environment, but neither deforestation nor poaching seem to have an end.
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