2021-01-03 13:35:22 GMT2021-01-03 21:35:22(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
JAKARTA, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) A Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus) has died in the Cot Girek conservation area in North Aceh district of Indonesia s Aceh province, a local official said on Sunday.
Head of Aceh province s Natural Resources Conservation Agency Agus Arianto said the elephant was named Otto aged 25 years old.
A medical team from the agency and Syiah Kuala University in the province has taken samples from the elephant s organs for tests at the Indonesian police s forensic laboratory. As a result of the necropsy, the medical team found that the elephant s intestines were blackened, and infected by endoparasites, Arianto said.