This handout picture taken and released by the Environment and Forestry Ministry on Nov 28, 2023, shows a female Sumatran elephant calf standing between her mother's legs at Way Kambas National Park. - AFP
JAKARTA: A critically endangered Sumatran elephant was born in Indonesia on Tuesday (Nov 28), officials said, the second rare birth in weeks that has given renewed hope to conservation efforts.
Sumatran elephants are on the brink of extinction with only about 2,400-2,800 left in the world, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature.
