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Wildfires push endangered Sumatran elephants to brink: Indonesian NGO

Wildfires push endangered Sumatran elephants to brink: Indonesian NGO
Phys.org Wednesday 16 September 2026, 08:30 UTC 1 min read
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Critically endangered Sumatran elephants are being pushed closer to the brink as wildfires raze vast swaths of their habitat on the western island of Sumatra, Indonesian conservation group Geopix told AFP on Wednesday.

Critically endangered Sumatran elephants are being pushed closer to the brink as wildfires raze vast swaths of their habitat on the western island of Sumatra, Indonesian conservation group Geopix told AFP on Wednesday.
Sumatran (ORG) Indonesian (ORG) Sumatra (LOCATION) Geopix (PERSON)
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