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