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        "msgid": "lampung-elephants-1447893297",
        "date": "2002-07-12 00:00:00",
        "title": "Lampung elephants",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Lampung elephants I hope that The Jakarta Post's readers didn't miss the short news item in the July 6 edition (82 elephants in Lampung face death). The fate of the 82 Lampung elephants is looking rather gloomy to say the least. I visited Way Kambas Park in 1999, and even then the poor creatures were having a tough time of it. So what are we humans, who have so arrogantly taken upon ourselves the responsibility of this planet's continuation, going to do about it?",
        "content": "<p>Lampung elephants<\/p>\n<p>I hope that The Jakarta Post's readers didn't miss the short<br>\nnews item in the July 6 edition (82 elephants in Lampung face<br>\ndeath).<\/p>\n<p>The fate of the 82 Lampung elephants is looking rather gloomy<br>\nto say the least. I visited Way Kambas Park in 1999, and even<br>\nthen the poor creatures were having a tough time of it.<\/p>\n<p>So what are we humans, who have so arrogantly taken upon<br>\nourselves the responsibility of this planet's continuation, going<br>\nto do about it?<\/p>\n<p>Mercy killing as with the drug addicted Thai elephant is a<br>\nfar kinder solution than slowly starving them to death just<br>\nbecause under Indonesian law it is illegal to kill the beasts.<\/p>\n<p>There really is very little time left to get our act together<br>\n-- because all are being hunted, burned or starved to extinction.<br>\nLook sharp now all you guys running the show, share the \"Sugar<br>\nCane\" around.<\/p>\n<p>CYNTHIA HELEN CROSS<\/p>\n<p>Bogor, West Java<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/lampung-elephants-1447893297",
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