Gajah's Body Was Found Dead In The Karet Garden, A Resident Of The Jambi Tebo Region, BKSDA, Down In Hand

The Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus Sumatranus) who lives in the forest. (ANTARA/HO).

JAKARTA - The Jambi Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) investigated the cause of the death of a five-year-old Sumatranus Sumatranus Suephas elephant. The elephant's body was found in a rubber garden belonging to a resident in Suo-Sao Village, Sumay District, Tebo Regency, Jambi Province. "The Jambi BKSDA vet team did a necropsy by taking a number of organs of its body to determine the cause of death," said the official statement from the Jambi BKSDA through the KLHK Public Relations Bureau, Nunu Anugerah received, Antara, Friday, September 2. A number of the young male elephant's organs taken are internal organs consisting of spleen, lungs, intestines, intestinal contents, liver and heart which are then sent to the Bogor Primate Animal Study Center for histopatology and tocology analysis to determine the cause of death. The incident was reported by a resident of Sumay and then an officer of the PIKG Tebo Resort Conservation Area of the Jambi BKSDA who received reports from the community immediately went to the location and found the carcass of the young elephant. Based on witness testimony, he saw an elephant on Sunday, August 28, the condition of the elephant was dead which was later reported and on the same day, PIKG officers verified the report and found an elephant that died in Suo suo Village, which is an APL area. According to tracking with GPS collar, in recent days the positions of the elephant group around the location of the incident were the groups of Ginting, Mutiara and Quin elephants. Following up on this information on August 30, 2022, the Jambi BKSDA assigned a team consisting of Polhut and veterinarian along with FZS and the Conservation Partner Community (MMK) to conduct field checks and gathering information. From the observations of the elephant veterinarian, it is estimated that it has been four days dead. There were no indications of bruises, cuts and other wounds on the outside of the elephant's body. The male elephant animal with an estimated age of five was not found ivory. The Sumatran elephant is a protected animal based on PP 7/2019 and Ministerial Regulation 106/2018 and in nature, so it is necessary to care and participate in the parties in their rescue efforts. Currently there are 90 to 120 elephants located in their natural habitat in the Bukit Tigapuluh Nature span. The Jambi BKSDA reminds people who live in elephant habitats not to use materials that endanger elephants and other wildlife and hope that on the next occasion there will be no more wild elephant deaths caused by unnatural causes.