Indonesian police arrest elephant poacher, ivory buyers
Source: AP
By RISKA MUNAWARAH
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police say they have arrested an elephant poacher in Aceh province along with four people who bought ivory from an animal he killed.
The elephant was found without its head on July 11 at a palm plantation in East Aceh, police said. Local police worked with the Aceh Natural Resource Conservation Center to investigate the death.
“The team found indications that the elephant had been given poison before it was killed. The team also found the elephant’s head without its tusks 300 meters (1,000 feet) away,” East Aceh Police Chief Eko Widiantoro told reporters Thursday.
Police arrested a suspect on Aug. 10 who admitted he had tried to kill elephants five times since 2017 by poisoning them, but had succeeded only twice, including the recent death, Widiantoro said. On July 19, he and a partner poisoned mangos near a herd of wild elephants and executed a weakened elephant two hours later with an axe, he told police. The partner is still on the run.
An evidence bag containing elephant ivory handicrafts confiscated from a suspected poacher is shown to the media during a press conference at the local police headquarters in East Aceh, Indonesia, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Riska Munawarah)
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"executed a weakened elephant two hours later with an axe"
Show them as much mercy as they showed this poor animal.
