Wildfires Push Endangered Sumatran Elephants to Brink: Indonesian NGO

Wildfires push endangered Sumatran elephants to brink: Indonesian NGO

Indonesia has for weeks been battling fires in parts of Borneo and Sumatra that have blanketed the country -- along with neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore -- in suffocating haze. Geopix said in a report published on Tuesday that more than 4,500 hotspots had been detected in 21 Sumatran elephant habitats between June and early September, threatening one of the world's rarest elephant species. The World Wildlife Fund estimates that only 2,400 to…

Wildfires push endangered Sumatran elephants to brink

Conservationists warn that food and water shortages could further threaten the elephants’ survival, while toxic smoke could cause physiological stress.

Sumatran elephants run out of room as fires spread

About 382,778ha of elephant habitat were affected by fires throughout August. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Rainforest giants: Wildfires push endangered Sumatran elephants to brink: Indonesian NGO