Wild elephants kill farmer in Lampung

Wild elephants kill farmer in Lampung

BANDARLAMPUNG, Lampung: A herd of wild elephants killed a
villager who had allegedly encroached on protected park land in
Lampung province to grow his crops, according to a park official.

Dassa, the villager, was killed not far from his home in the
park after seven angry elephants attacked a group of villagers in
Tenggamus regency last Saturday, Tamen Sitorus, the chief
official of the South Bukit Barisan National Park, said on
Tuesday.

"The scene was still within the protected park area where
people are not allowed to conduct any activity," he said.

Dassa and other local farmers from Pekon Layang Agung, Datar
Lebau, on Panggung island, had encroached on the land, where they
allegedly planted a field of crops.

Following the incident the villagers drove the animals back
into the forest, he said.

Sitorus urged people living around the park not to conduct any
activity that could damage the park's flora and fauna. --Antara