Sumatran Elephants Vanish from South Sumatra Lake, Ancient Paths Lost to Development
For two decades, Sumatran elephants have not been seen at Lake Deduhuk in Muara Enim, South Sumatra, a place they once frequented. Locals attribute their disappearance to habitat fragmentation and lost migratory routes due to development, raising concerns about the erosion of a long-standing human-elephant coexistence.
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