Fighting for Space
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
WANTED: Elephants. Male. Have tusks. Large and strong. And willing to be trained to do the job of driving away their kind in the wild, away from human settlements. It’s no joke. It’s just the kind of elephants the pawang or elephant trainer in South Sumatra needs for the job.
Soenaryo, of the South Sumatra Natural Resource Conservation Center (BKSDA), says the requirements for the job are final. Driving wild elephants back into the
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