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View all search resultsTesso Nilo National Park looses 45-year-old guardian male elephant
Indro was a member of the Flying Squad team, which helped guard the national park area and prevent conflicts between humans and wild elephants.
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The carcass of Indro, a 45-year-old male Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus) is seen on Monday after he was declared dead at 3:45 a.m. in Tesso Nilo National Park in Pelalawan regency, Riau. Indro was a member of the Flying Squad team, which helped guard the national park area and prevent conflicts between humans and wild elephants. (Courtesy of Tesso Nilo National Park/-)
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iau is mourning the loss of Indro, a 45-year-old male Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus), who was found dead at Tesso Nilo National Park (TNTN) in the early hours of Monday morning.
Forest rangers relied on the tamed elephant to guard the national park area and prevent conflicts between humans and wild elephants.
TNTN head Heru Sutmantoro said the guardian elephant died at Camp Elephant Flying Squad in Lubuk Kembang Bunga, Pelalawan regency at about 3:45 a.m.
“Indro was a member of the Flying squad managed by TNTN,” he said.
“During his life, Indro played an important role in mitigating conflicts between wild elephants and humans which often occur around the Tesso Nilo forest area.”
He said that a medical team had tried its best to provide help and intensive treatment after Indro suffered from health complications. Indro experienced health problems after entering the musth phase, a period where testosterone spikes making male elephants aggressive, on April 25.
The musth phase is marked with secretion of fluids from genitalia and musth glands on the elephant’s temples.
