Domesticated Elephant

Photo by Iwan Cheristian

Taken in Indonesia

A Mahout, an elephant handler, bathing an elephant inside the palm plantation before doing a patrol to chase away wild elephants from oil palm plantations and settlements in Lahat Village, Sumatra, Indonesia, 2 Desember 2017. South Sumatra administration use domesticated elephants to chase away wild elephants that destroy plantation area of Sumatra. The number of Human and wild Elephant conflict increase in Sumatra recently caused by the massive illegal logging.