A team of the Syiah Kuala University's (USK's) experts has joined a collective effort to seek solutions to human-wildlife conflicts that repeatedly .
Sumatran elephant destroys villagers farmlands in Aceh 24th January 2021 Sumatran elephants (Elephant maximus Sumatranus) . (FOTO ANTARA/Fachrozi Amri) Suka Makmue, Aceh (ANTARA) - A wild Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus) sneaked into and destroyed the farmlands of several residents of Tuwi Meuleusong Village in Seunagan Timur Subdistrict, Nagan Raya District, Aceh Province, on early Sunday.
The aggressive elephant also destroyed a house of a transmigrant in Ketubung Tunong Village, Seunagan Timur Subdistrict, but this human-wildlife conflict did not cause casualties among villagers, Tuwi Meuleusong Village Head Arfandi said.
However, this trespassing large land mammal has terrified many residents in the two villages because it has caused them to suffer material losses owing to their damaged food crops, he said.