[Explanation] Recently, the news of 15 wild Asian elephants moving northward has attracted much attention.
The reporter visited the villages following the elephant herd's whereabouts and learned that the villagers still remembered the scene when the elephants visited.
[Explanation] On the morning of June 3, villager Pu Tiancai was packing up a simple construction house damaged by Asian elephants.
Due to the early warning, he and his family moved away in time to avoid the danger.
[The same period] Villager Pu genius
At night (the elephant) came up, the rice, the door, and the door were broken, plus all the things over there were broken, the elephant (the things) were all pulled out, and the pockets were scattered over there. , These rice can't be cleaned in the morning.
One (bag) of 25 kilograms, plus half (bag) of rice, was eaten (by the elephant).
[Explanation] Afterwards, 15 wild Asian elephant herds entered the Houhe villager group in Yuxi City, Yunnan Province, and walked along the cement road in the village, destroying the iron gates of the two villagers' homes on the way.
[Concurrent] Pu Youfu, leader of the Houhe Village Group
This will basically be regarded as recovery, we still have to beware.
It is still a bit dangerous once the (elephant) turns back, so you have to guard it.
As of today, the elephant herd has walked out of our (village) and has gone a long way, and now the farmers are still working normally.
[Explanation] At around 8 o'clock in the evening of the same day, the elephants lined up with their noses and entered the old Guanqing village group about 3 kilometers away from the Houhe village group.
Before the arrival of the elephants, the village rangers and village cadres worked together to hide the villagers to the second floor of the brick house in the village according to the official warnings.
[Concurrent] Wang Kaixiang, a villager of the old Guanqing villager group
The elephant entered the village at 8:02. After entering the village, 15 elephants lined up. We thought about not talking and let the elephants go up smoothly (out of the village). One end, the other end, and one in the ground under the path, (the elephant) basically stayed here for 20 minutes to half an hour before leaving the village.
[Explanation] The door of Wang Kaixiang's home was smashed by an Asian elephant. The stairs and utensils were damaged to varying degrees. The kitchen beams also left marks of the Asian elephant's back rubbing.
Facing the property damage, Wang Kaixiang appeared calm.
In his view, "It is enough that elephants can cross the border smoothly and the villagers are not in danger."
[Explanation] Currently, the elephant group continues to be active in Jinning District of Kunming City. The local area adopts traffic control, 24-hour continuous monitoring and other measures to ensure the safety of the people.
Dao Zhinan, He Shuting reports from Yuxi, Yunnan
Editor in charge: [Ji Xiang]