Associated Press
March 25, 2008
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Two Cambodian men have been arrested for allegedly poisoning an elephant and sawing off its tusks to sell on the black market, officials said Wednesday.
The male elephant, which was chained to a tree by its owner in Rattanakiri province, about 200 miles northeast of the capital Phnom Penh, was found dead in March 2007.
Police at the time said the alleged killers had doused jack fruit, a tropical fruit eaten by elephants, with rat poison.
The tusks of the 62-year-old elephant, measuring almost 3 feet each, had been removed.
The two suspects, Men Rattana, 42, and Klem Sam Ouen, 27, were arrested this week, almost a year after the animal's killing, said Hor Ang, the provincial deputy police chief.
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