[Explanation] With guidance and lure, the 15 wild Asian elephants all the way north in Yunnan finally showed signs of turning around.
According to the latest report, as of 17:00 on June 4, the elephant group had moved 6.6 kilometers to the southwest and continued to be active in Shuanghe Township, Jinning District, Kunming. The elephants were safe.
[Explanation] On the evening of the 4th, upon seeing the news, Xu Jing, the driver of the "post-90s" muck truck involved in guiding the elephant, let out a sigh of relief.
He said that it is a blessing for people and objects that elephants do not go to Kunming, where there are more people.
[Explanation] Since the evening of June 2nd, Xiangqun entered Shuanghe Township, Jinning District, Kunming City along Laoguanqing Village, Chunhe Street, Hongta District, Yuxi City, more than 100 engineering truck drivers including Xu Jing have followed The elephant herd migrated for many days.
They are called "image chasers" by the media and netizens.
[Concurrent] Driver Xu Jing
First, to protect the elephants; second, to ensure the safety of the people, we all feel very honored.
[Concurrent] Driver Zhang Shuihong
Ensure the safety of the villagers, and protect the wild animals, so that they don’t have any accidents.
[Explanation] The elephant group walks around at night, and Xu Jing and the others follow at the same time.
Once they find that the elephants are moving to densely populated places such as villages, they will follow the instructions to drive the car to the designated location to block the elephants from continuing.
[Concurrent] Driver Xu Jing
The elephant acts as a protective wall during the interleaving process, and then the distance between our car and the car is very narrow during the interleaving process of the elephant, which is about 50 cm, which also prevents the elephant from intervening in the middle. , Causing elephant riots.
[Commentary] In the past few days, Xu Jing and his team colleagues have boarded and lived in the car.
When it’s hot, let the water in the water tank be washed, and when you’re sleepy, lie down on a temporary bed about 70 cm wide behind the driver's seat.
When they were closest to the elephant, there was only a window away.
[Concurrent] Driver Xu Jing
The elephants are only about 50 meters away from us, watching them come down from the mountain.
Relevant departments carefully explained that we must pay attention to our own safety. After the elephant comes, we must sit in the cab and cannot get out, and then we can't make a sound. Just watch it quietly.
[Explanation] In fact, in addition to the engineering truck driver, there are more other "elephant chasers" at the scene surveying the trajectory of the elephants, assisting in feeding the elephants, and evacuating the crowd to ensure the safety of the elephants.
[Commentary] On June 4th, the front-line headquarters deployed 630 emergency response personnel and police forces, dispatched 103 construction vehicles such as muck trucks, 40 other types of emergency vehicles, and 14 drones to feed elephant food 2 tons.
Reporter Dao Zhinan and Hu Yuanhang from Kunming
Editor in charge: [Li Yuxin]