Wild Asian elephant found dead with its tusks removed

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A wild Asian elephant is found dead with its tusks seized by poachers. [Photo/Yunnan.cn]

A wild Asian elephant was found dead with its tusks seized by poachers in a forest in southwest China's Yunnan Province.

The body of the creature was found last Thursday in a forest at a nature reserve near Manpa Village, Dai Autonomous Prefecture in Xishuangbanna, the police said.

Trajectory analysis showed that the elephant was killed by someone with a military gun.

Police will offer rewards ranging from 20,000 yuan (about 3,226 U.S. dollars) to 40,000 yuan to people who provide key tips in the case.

Asian elephants are believed to be the largest living land animals in Asia. They are threatened by degradation, loss of habitat and poaching. There are nearly 300 Asian elephants in China.

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