Wild elephants run amok in Jambi

The Jakarta Post

November 29, 2006

JAMBI, Jambi: Six wild elephants have devastated hundreds of hectares of oil palm trees belonging to local smallholders in Tebo regency, Jambi.

Most of the damage to the farms, located near Bukit Tigapuluh National Park in Sumay district, has been done at night, residents say. "The attacks usually start with the elephants 'crying' to each other. There is nothing we can do (to drive away the beasts)," said Bujang.

He said residents had tried fire and loud noises to drive off the elephants, but they always returned.

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