Banda Aceh ( Berita ) : Local residents of Cot Pangee village have urged authorities in Aceh Jaya District to deal with elephants which have run amok and killed one villager.
“I notice that despite a casualty and damages in hectares of crops, there is no effort to solve the elephant problem in Cot Pangee village,” Saudi M Daud, an inhabitant of Aceh Jaya, on Thursday.
Since November 25, 2008, a herd of elephants have run amok in Cot Pangee village, around 130 km west of Banda Aceh. The herd killed a local resident identified as Muhammad Wali (30), destroyed one house, and rampaged through hectares of farmland and plantations doing serious damage to crops.
Many residents of a rural village in Aceh Jaya district have fled their homes in fear of the herd of wild elephants which have invaded their area. “The residents of Cot Pangee have been traumatized after the herd killed one inhabitant. However, the government of Aceh Jaya District has done nothing so far,” he said.
Iskandar Musa, settlement coordinator in Aceh Jaya District, said that a number of students of Darul Milin Islamic Boarding School have also moved to other areas due to the elephants.
The herd which was estimated to consist of 6 animals emerged from a nearby forest and entered the Cot Pengee village area last Friday (Nov 21).
Musa said earlier that the villagers tried to drive the animals away with traditional methods like making loud sounds but to no avail. Instead, the elephants became more daring with one of them even given to chasing people on sight.
Some worried traditional farmers in the village had threatened to poison the elephants if the authorities fail to solve the problem. ( ant )
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