The elephant population at the Tesso Nilo National Park in Pelalawan regency, Riau, has grown as a Sumatran elephant gave birth on Tuesday.
The healthy male elephant was named Harmoni Rimbo and quickly became the center of attention at the Tesso Nilo Festival held in the park from Wednesday to Friday.
“The birth of the baby elephant should encourage all concerned parties that there is still hope [for elephants to live] in the Tesso Nilo National Park,” Wiratno, the Environment and Forestry Ministry’s director general for natural resources and the ecosystem, told Antara on Thursday.
Harmoni Rimbo, or simply Har, was born after cross-mating a male wild elephant and a captive female elephant named Ria, which belongs to the Tesso Nilo Elephant Flying Squad, a joint operation of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Indonesia and the Conservation Authority of Riau.
Har is the sixth elephant to be born since the Elephant Flying Squad was formed in 2004.
Ria was detected to be pregnant in May last year. She has already given birth to two elephants, one in 2011 and the second in 2014.
Tesso Nilo Natinal Park chairman Supartono said with the birth of Harmoni Rimbo the park now has eight domesticated elephants.
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Baby Elephant in North Sumatra Dead to Pit
Medan - An elephant baby was found dead after falling into a hole in North Sumatra (North Sumatra). Baby elephant is not yet known gender.
"In the location was found the baby elephant in a dead state due to mired in the hole that was allegedly stump of wood," said Head of Administration BBKSDA Sumut, Tri Atmojo in his office in Medan, Wednesday (25/10/2017). Tri said that the elephant was found dead in Sumber Waras Village, Sei Serdang Village, Batang Serangan District, Langkat Regency on Saturday (21/10). The team of 20 people together with the residents then checked the next day because previously the conditions in not possible to evacuate the elephant carcass.
"The condition of the carcass of an elephant is mired in a half-body with a condition of four feet in the ground, only the back and head are left, then the team buries in the location by piling up the soil," he continued.
In Sumber Waras Village, there are 20 tonutmeg family. People there, according to Tri working in oil palm plantations. The distance between the Dusun and TNGL area is about 1 km.
"From the results of checking the animal conflict team that there are no suspicious signs such as poison, trap, or anything else," said Tri.
Meanwhile, veterinarian BBKSDA Sumut, drh Tia Zalia Batubara said the baby elephant died is estimated 3-4 days.
"The age is estimated to be under a year, still the process of suckling the elephant child.Gender is not yet known, elephants are buried in the same location.The size of the elephant is about 110 cm long," said Tia.
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"In the location was found the baby elephant in a dead state due to mired in the hole that was allegedly stump of wood," said Head of Administration BBKSDA Sumut, Tri Atmojo in his office in Medan, Wednesday (25/10/2017). Tri said that the elephant was found dead in Sumber Waras Village, Sei Serdang Village, Batang Serangan District, Langkat Regency on Saturday (21/10). The team of 20 people together with the residents then checked the next day because previously the conditions in not possible to evacuate the elephant carcass.
"The condition of the carcass of an elephant is mired in a half-body with a condition of four feet in the ground, only the back and head are left, then the team buries in the location by piling up the soil," he continued.
In Sumber Waras Village, there are 20 tonutmeg family. People there, according to Tri working in oil palm plantations. The distance between the Dusun and TNGL area is about 1 km.
"From the results of checking the animal conflict team that there are no suspicious signs such as poison, trap, or anything else," said Tri.
Meanwhile, veterinarian BBKSDA Sumut, drh Tia Zalia Batubara said the baby elephant died is estimated 3-4 days.
"The age is estimated to be under a year, still the process of suckling the elephant child.Gender is not yet known, elephants are buried in the same location.The size of the elephant is about 110 cm long," said Tia.
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