Shock kills elephants

TWO rare Sumatran elephants have died of suspected electrocution after they came in contact with an electric fence in Indonesia’s Aceh province, local media report.

The elephants were found dead by locals in the East Aceh district on Sunday with their tusks still intact, the head of the nature conservancy agency in Aceh, Sapto Aji Prabowo, told the Antara news agency.

Local residents have installed electric fences around their fields to ward off wild animals. Fewer than 3000 Sumatran elephants are left in the wild, according to green group the World Wildlife Fund.