Six Indonesian elephants found poisoned to death

Six rare wild elephants were found poisoned to death in an Indonesian jungle today, their mouths black and covered with potassium cyanide, a conservationist said.

Six rare wild elephants were found poisoned to death in an Indonesian jungle today, their mouths black and covered with potassium cyanide, a conservationist said.

Nurkalis Fadli from the World Wildlife Fund said he believed all the animals, which appeared to be from the same family, were intentionally killed.

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