The four Sumatran elephants belonging to the Aceh BKSDA were deployed to lift wood and debris from the flood disaster in Pidie Jaya, Aceh. An irony is that the animals whose habitats were captured by humans are now the last aid when infrastructure is paralyzed. The Aceh BKSDA revealed that the handover of elephants to help humans lift debris was also carried out during the 2004 Aceh tsunami.
According to IUCN data, Sumatran elephants are now very threatened with extinction due to deforestation. Less than 25 years, nearly 70 percent of the elephant's natural lowland forest habitat has been destroyed. Elephants want to help us, then, who helps the elephant? Check out the full information on VOI.id.
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