Endangering elephants Agencies Published December 11, 2012 0 Forest officials ride tame elephants as they try to free an injured elephant from a mud pit in Goalpara district in the eastern Indian state of Assam.—Photo by Reuters The elephant has been stuck in the mud pit for three days and has been unable to free herself because she has become weak from struggling, according to officials quoted in local media. Rescue efforts are continuing.—Photo by Reuters An injured wild elephant tries to stand after it was attacked by poachers a number of days ago at the foothills of Pancharatna hills in Goalpara district of lower Assam. The poachers cut off two tusks and the tail of the elephant, who is now expected to survive, according to local animal officials.—Photo by AP Indian forest officials, on domestic elephants, try to push an injured wild elephant after it was attacked by poachers a number of days ago at the foothills of Pancharatna hills in Goalpara district of lower Assam.—Photo by AP An Indian forest official throws water on an injured wild elephant to clean it after it was attacked by poachers a number of days ago at the foothills of Pancharatna hills in Goalpara district of lower Assam, India, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. The poachers cut off two tusks and the tail of the elephant, who is now expected to survive, according to local animal officials. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) An injured wild elephant struggles as it tries to drink water from a mud puddle after it was attacked by poachers a number of days ago at the foothills of Pancharatna hills in Goalpara district of lower Assam.—Photo by AP The poachers cut off two tusks and the tail of the elephant, who is now expected to survive, according to local animal officials.—Photo by AP Malaysia's customs director Azis Bin Yacub (R) displays an elephant tusk to media at the customs house in Malaysia's port town of Klang outside Kuala Lumpur.—Photo by AFP Customs seized the two containers on December 7 and December 10, 2012 and found they were filled with wooden crates which had secret compartments filled with elephant tusks. They estimate that the containers held about 1,500 tusks weighing about 24,000 kgs, valued at a millions of USD.—Photo by AFP The ivories, which were loaded in Togo, travelled through Algeciras, Spain, before finally arriving in Port Klang. Although shipping documents listed the containers' final destination as Port Klang, customs intelligence said that the containers were planned to be sent to China.—Photo by Reuters Join our Whatsapp channel
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