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Arrested poachers killed six Sumatran elephants: police

The eight poachers who were detained on Tuesday evening had killed six Sumatran elephants in two provinces, the Riau ...

Elephants can judge threat from human languages: Study

Elephants are able to identify humans that pose a threat to them by distinguishing between the language and voices of ...

Global efforts needed to raise public awareness of wildlife protection: Achim Steiner

The head of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on Monday (3/3) called for global efforts to raise the publics ...

46 elephants found dead in riau in three years : WWF

A total of 46 elephants were found dead in Riau province between 2011 and 2014, with most of them without ivory, ...

Bones of seven elephants found in Riau`s industrial forest

The bones of seven elephants were recently found in an industrial forest in Pelalawan district, Riau province, ...

Archeologists find prehistoric elephant fossils in Patiayam site

Archaeologists found fossils of tusk, legs and ribs of a prehistoric elephant at the Patiayam Site in Jekulo ...

Forestry Ministry to review cooperation with foreign agencies

Indonesia will reconsider its cooperation with the World Wild Fund (WWF) and other foreign agencies for their failure ...

Rat poison allegedly kills two Sumatran elephants

Results of an autopsy showed that rat poison has killed a couple of Sumatran elephants on Friday (May 31), head of ...

Two more sumatran elephants found dead in Riau

Two Sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus sumatranus) were found dead, allegedly poisoned, in Tesso Nilo National Park, ...

Sumatran elephants run amok in Riau`s oil palm plantation

A herd of Sumatran elephants ran amok in an oil palm plantation in Minas, Riau Province, seriously injuring one worker ...

Indonesia releases 10,005 maleo birds

The Indonesian forestry ministry has released 10,005 maleo (Macrocephalon maleo) birds into their habitats in Sulawesi ...

Wild elephant enters village in Riau

Herd of wild elephants entered human settlements in Mandau District, Bengkalis, Riau, causing residents damaged crops ...

Orangutans living outside natural habitat need attention

Orangutans are usually cute, adorable and smart that some people want to keep them as pets. Besides, orangutans and ...

Sumatran elephant deaths on the rise

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has reported that an increasing number of Sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus ...

Conflicts between wild elephants and humans on the rise in Riau

Wild elephants often go on a rampage in several villages of Riau province, and the latest such incident took place in ...