THE scorching sun beat down. Mori didnt seem much bothered. Four sacks of supplies weighing dozens of kilograms on its back seemed light as a feather. That day, Mori, Eva, and Sarithree of the 23 Sumatran elephants at the Elephant Training Center (PLG) in Seblat, Bengkuluwere starting out to patrol the activities of illegal loggers. An exhausting mission, entailing going up and down the mountains, circling a 6,865-hectare forest.

Three mahouts and