Hanafiah has been a Mahout since 1996 at a ranger station in East Aceh within the Leuser Ecosystem. The elephants are used to push wild elephants back into the forest, during human-elephant conflicts. The elephants are called Conservation Respone Units or CRUs, helping to preserve the last herds of the critically endangered Sumatran elephants.Photo" Paul Hilton for WildLife Asia
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