RIAU - The Riau Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BBKSDA) has rescued a baby elephant trapped in a septic tank 2-2.5 meters deep in the Karyawan Housing of PT Arara Abadi District Tapung, Rantau Bertuah Village, Minas District, Siak Regency.
Head of the Riau KSDA Headquarters, Supartono, revealed that he initially received a report from PT Arara Abadi regarding the destruction of employee housing by a group of wild elephants.
His party sent down a Wildlife Rescue Unit (WRU) team consisting of a medical team and mahout from the Minas Elephant Training Center (PLG).
"About 10 elephants rampaged and roared while destroying 6 employee mess rooms. After the situation began to calm down and the group of wild elephants entered the 'greenbelt' (protected forest), the cries of baby elephants were heard. And after being searched, one baby elephant was found stuck in the 'septic tank'," he said in Pekanbaru, Antara, Sunday, February 22.
To remove the baby elephant that was stuck in the septic tank, the team made an effort manually by pulling the baby elephant out. It took about 45 minutes to evacuate and after that it was known that the elephant was in good health.
Then the animal rescue team immediately returned the baby elephant to the group and now has rejoined the group. The baby elephant that was trapped was a female with an estimated age of about 7 days.
"It is possible that the baby elephants were born in the 'greenbelt' behind the employee mess. It is suspected that the elephants are rampaging and damaging the mess because of the roar of their children who are trapped in the septic tank," he said.
The location of the incident in the employee housing settlement is indeed directly adjacent to the protected forest area. On Saturday night (21/2) there were employees who saw 3-4 elephants in the company's protected area (greenbelt) which was about 10 meters away.
However, this is common because the location is a elephant track from the Petapahan/Minas group. However, around 05.00 - 06.00 WIB, Sunday (22/2) after the time of dawn, there were about 10 elephants coming to demolish the walls of the housing building.
This caused the employees to come out to save themselves from the housing. Until finally at 09.30 WIB the group of wild elephants left the employee housing.
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