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        "msgid": "aceh-bksda-deploys-team-to-prevent-negative-elephant-interactions-in-central-aceh-1788180899",
        "date": "2026-08-31 18:36:17",
        "title": "Aceh BKSDA deploys team to prevent negative elephant interactions in Central Aceh",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Environment",
        "summary": "The Aceh Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) has dispatched a team to the Buter area of Ketol District, Central Aceh, after reports of a Sumatran elephant chasing a resident working in a garden. Officials estimate three elephants are in the area, including a young male likely following a roaming route. The agency has urged residents to exercise caution and avoid areas with elephant tracks while conservation efforts continue.",
        "content": "<p>The Aceh Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) has deployed a\nteam to prevent negative interactions with Sumatran elephants (Elephas\nmaximus sumatranus) in the Buter area, Ketol District, Central Aceh\nRegency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have deployed a team to the location to prevent negative\ninteractions with Sumatran elephants, which were reported to have chased\na resident who was gardening in Ketol, Central Aceh Regency. We are also\ncoordinating with local authorities and partners,\u201d said Head of the Aceh\nBKSDA Ujang Wisnu Barata in Banda Aceh on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, a resident in the Ketol area of Central Aceh Regency was\nreported to have been chased by an elephant while in his garden. The\nresident managed to escape from the pursuit of the protected wild\nanimal.<\/p>\n<p>Ujang Wisnu Barata estimated that there are three elephants in the\narea, one of which, based on initial analysis, is likely male and\nadolescent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is likely that the young male elephant is following a roaming\nroute, causing panic when it came too close to community activities,\u201d he\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also urge the public to be careful when carrying out activities\nin their gardens. For the time being, communicate with one another and\nstay away from locations where elephant tracks are found, and do not\ntake action without being accompanied by trained officers,\u201d said Ujang\nWisnu Barata.<\/p>\n<p>The Sumatran elephant is a protected wild animal. According to The\nIUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the Sumatran elephant is only found\non the island of Sumatra and is listed as critically endangered, at high\nrisk of extinction in the wild.<\/p>\n<p>The public is encouraged to work together to preserve nature,\nparticularly the Sumatran elephant, by not destroying forests that serve\nas habitats for various wildlife species, and by not capturing,\ninjuring, or killing them.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the public should not store, possess, keep, transport,\nor trade protected animals, whether alive or dead, and should not set\ntraps or poisons that could cause death.<\/p>\n<p>All negative actions against protected wildlife can be subject to\ncriminal sanctions in accordance with applicable laws and\nregulations.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/aceh-bksda-deploys-team-to-prevent-negative-elephant-interactions-in-central-aceh-1788180899",
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