Baby elephant in Indonesia dies after losing half of trunk to poachers’ trap

File – A Sumatran elephant calf that lost half of its trunk, is treated at an elephant conservation center in Saree, Aceh Besar, Indonesia, Monday, Nov. 15, 2021. The elephant died Tuesday after losing half her trunk to a trap set by poachers who prey on the endangered species, officials said, despite efforts to amputate and treat her wounds. (AP Photo/Munandar, File)

A baby elephant on Indonesia’s Sumatra island has died after losing half her trunk to a trap set by poachers, officials said, despite efforts to amputate and treat her wounds.

“We have tried our best, but it can’t be helped,” said Agus Arianto, the head of Aceh province’s conservation agency. “Its trunk was getting rotten and no longer functioning.”