An
environmentalist says three endangered Sumatran elephants have been poisoned
and found dead within a palm oil plantation in western Indonesia.
Rono
Wiranata from the FAKTA nongovernment group said workers at the state-run
plantation were believed to have placed the poison on palm fruits.
The dead 3-
and 5-year-old elephants were found Thursday in two separate locations in East
Aceh district.
Wiranata on
Friday cited plantation workers in saying more elephants may die from the
poison. Five of the endangered Sumatran elephants have been found poisoned in
Aceh province since April.
Fewer than
3,000 Sumatran elephants are left in the wild. Environmentalists say they could
be extinct within three decades unless they are protected.
Associated
Press
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