A carcass of an endangered Sumatran elephant with a missing tusks found in the forested area in Arongan Lambalek district in western Aceh province located in Sumatra island. - AFP / RIZAL PURBA / BKSDA
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia: A Sumatran elephant has been found shot dead in Indonesia with its tusks removed and its head badly mutilated, an official said Wednesday, the latest suspected attack by poachers on the critically-endangered animals.
The carcass of the male elephant, aged around 20, was found Monday in a forest in Aceh province, on western Sumatra island, local conservation agency chief Genman Suhefti Hasibuan told AFP.
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