Pekanbaru (ANTARA News) - The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has said that four Sumatran elephants died in 2016 in Riau Province, a decline from the previous year.
"In 2015, there were 10 cases of dead elephants, while in 2016, the number decreased to four," Spokesperson of WWF of the Riau Program Syamsidar said here on Tuesday.
The four deaths are believed to have occurred due to conflict between humans and wild animals.
Last year, the Tesso Nilo National Park Authority found the carcass of a Sumatran elephant in Pelalawan District.
They also found a Sumatran elephant snared in an industrial forest concession. The animal did not survive despite treatment.
In September last year, an elephant calf was found trapped in a ditch in an industrial forest concession with wounds all over its body.
"An elephant also died after being electrocuted in Duri region, near a residential area," Syamsidar said.
No suspects were either identified or arrested in these cases, Syamsidar said.
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