One person killed, two injured in elephant attacks in Indonesia this year

Mongabay
By Rhett ButlerFeb 12, 2014, 9:16 am68 pts
It was near dawn on Jan. 4 when a critically endangered Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus) destroyed a small shack near a plantation in Indonesia’s Aceh province, killing a local farmer from West Aceh district and injuring his 13-year-old son. Yusmani, 59, was trampled to death while his son,…

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