Elephants run amuck in Aceh

Elephants run amuck in Aceh

BANDA ACEH: A herd of elephants raided a village in North
Aceh, destroying houses and devouring plants.

The elephants attacked Lubuk Tilam village last week. There
were no reported casualties, the Antara news agency reported.

Head of the Provincial Nature Conservation Agency R. Bintoro
has sent a 15-person team to the area to check on the report and
trace the origins of the elephants, which are protected by law
although they have been a constant menace to the local people.

Bintoro said the agency hopes to round up the elephants and
send them to a school where they will be domesticated.

Villagers said the elephants have come to the area several
times in the past, each time they devoured the young oil palm
plants. (prs)