密猟者のわなで鼻半分失ったスマトラゾウ、感染症で死ぬ

【バンダアチェＡＦＰ＝時事】インドネシアの野生動物保護当局は１６日、絶滅の危機にひんするスマトラゾウの赤ちゃんが密猟者のわなで鼻の半分を失い、感染症にかかって死んだと明らかにした。（写真はインドネシア・スマトラ島北部アチェブサールのゾウ訓練センターで、わなによる負傷が原因で死んだスマトラゾウを運ぶ人々）
　１歳のスマトラゾウは、スマトラ島北部アチェ州アチェジャヤで村人に発見された。命を救うために負傷した鼻の残りの部分を切断したが、２日後に重い感染症で死んだ。
　森林破壊でスマトラゾウの生息地が縮小し、その分、人との衝突が増えている。一方で象牙は闇市場で高値で取引されており、近年はスマトラゾウが死ぬ事例が複数起きている。
　アチェ州自然資源保全局によると、州内に生息する野生のスマトラゾウはわずか５００頭と推定されている。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2021/11/18-13:09）

A critically endangered Sumatran baby elephant has died after losing half of its trunk in a poacher's trap, Indonesian conservation officials said.
The one-year-old calf succumbed to a severe infection, two days after it was found by villagers in Aceh Jaya and despite subsequent efforts to save its life by amputating the rest of its injured trunk.
We couldn't save it because the injury was severe and infected, Agus Arianto, head of the Aceh Natural Resources Conservation Agency, said Tuesday.
We did our best to help it.
Rampant deforestation has reduced the elephants' habitat and brought them into increasing conflict with humans, while their tusks are prized in the illegal wildlife trade.
There have been several incidents involving pachyderm deaths over the past few years, including one in July when a Sumatran elephant was found decapitated with its tusks ripped off.
Aceh's conservation agency estimated the region has only about 500 Sumatran elephants still living in the wild.