ELEPHANT POACHERS JAILED

NEARLY a dozen poachers were jailed by an Indonesian court yesterday over the 2020 killing of five critically endangered Sumatran elephants and the illegal trade of their lucrative tusks, as the Southeast Asian archipelago’s battle with wildlife crime continues. Rampant deforestation has reduced the elephants’ habitat and brought them into increasing conflict with humans. Authorities found the dead elephants, killed by electrocution and with tusks removed, at a palm oil plantation on the tip of Sumatra Island. |