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Muaratebo,
Jambi (ANTARA News) - Tens of elephants have been running amok in oil palm and
rubber plantations in Koto VII Sub-district, in Tebo District, Jambi Province,
Sumatra, since Friday (Oct 14).
The
elephants destroyed hundreds of hectares of oil palm and rubber plantations at
Teluk Kayu Putih, Tanjung, Kuamang and Aur Cino villages, Tanjung Village Head
Safarudin, said here on Monday.
They
attacked the plantations in the evening, Safarudin said.
Local
villagers have been constantly on guard for the last three weeks to protect
their plantations from the herd of elephants but they could not prevent the
animals` destruotive behavior.
They
reported the elephants` attacks to the Tebo district administration and the
provincial natural resource conservation agency (BKSDA).
Tebo
district administration and BKSDA personnel did come to Tanjung village but
they only checked the damages, he said.
The rubber
and oil palm plantations are located around 15 km from Tanjung village. Earlier
this year, a local villager was killed by a herd of elephants.
Conflicts
between Sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus sumatranus) and humans have
increased over the past few years claiming lives among both humans and
elephants but mostly among the giant animals.
Editor: Aditia Maruli
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