JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A pregnant Sumatran elephant was found dead of suspected poisoning near a palm plantation in Indonesia’s Riau province on the island of Sumatra, officials said Friday.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Efforts to save the Sumatran elephant have been hamstrung by the Indonesian government’s delay in releasing an updated conservation plan, which ...

A wild elephant trampled an 8-year-old girl on the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Thursday, leaving her with ...

GIANYAR, Indonesia (AP) — An elephant that lived at the zoo on Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali was found dead on Tuesday after being swept away by a strong river current. Molly, a 45-year-old ...

In this Wednesday, May 25, 2022 photo released by Indonesia's Nature Conservation Agency (BKSDA), the carcass of a pregnant Sumatran elephant, suspectedly died of poisoning, lies on the ground near a ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. “Unless urgent and effective conservation action is taken, these magnificent animals are likely to go extinct within our lifetime.”- Dr. Carlos ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – The Sumatran elephant could be extinct in the wild within three decades unless immediate steps are taken to slow the breakneck pace of deforestation, environmentalists warned ...

An immediate moratorium on habitat conversion is needed to secure a future for Sumatran elephants, conservation organization WWF says. The Sumatran elephant has been uplisted from “endangered” to ...

IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, raised its listing of the Sumatran elephant subspecies from ‘endangered’ to ‘critically endangered’ after nearly 70 percent of its habitat and ...

A baby elephant whose trunk was partially amputated by rescuers after being caught in a snare trap in Indonesia died Tuesday despite efforts to heal and rehabilitate her, according to officials. Agus ...

Rescuers in Indonesia amputated half of a baby elephant's trunk after finding the 1-year-old female caught in a snare trap and seemingly abandoned by her herd, according to authorities. Officials ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — A baby elephant in Indonesia’s Sumatra island died Tuesday after losing half her trunk to a trap set by poachers who prey on the endangered species, officials said, ...