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Audio slide show: Meet the Flying Squad

A herd of tamed elephants patrols a national park in Indonesia like jungle Guardian Angels.

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Audio slide show: Meet the Flying Squad

In many nations, dwindling forests have brought deadly conflict between man and animal. On the Indonesian island of Sumatra, rampaging elephants have long been shot or poisoned by officials or vengeful property owners. But now trainers are deploying the Flying Squad, a herd of tamed elephants, to run off the intruders and get them to return to their sanctuary, where lethal encounters with humans are far less likely.

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