BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, Oct 15, 2015 (AFP) - Two critically-endangered Sumatran elephants have been found dead from suspected poisoning in Indonesia’s Aceh province, an official said Thursday.
Villagers found the carcasses of the female elephants, aged two and 15, bleeding from their mouths and rectums in the forest near Panggong village in Aceh Jaya district on Wednesday, local conservation agency chief Genman Suhefti Hasibuan told AFP.
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