China News Service, Kunming, June 16th. On the evening of June 15, the staff of the front-line headquarters of the Asian elephant group's safety precautions and emergency response from Yuxi, Yunnan, spent another sleepless night.

They have been "moving" along the route of Asian elephants.

For the past week, because the Asian elephant herd has been moving around in Shijie Yizu Township, Yimen County, the front-line headquarters is located at the seat of Shijie Township Government.

  This is a market town with beautiful mountains and clear waters, 1,300 meters above sea level, and the temperature has been above 30 degrees in recent days.

If it weren't for the muck trucks parked at key intersections, there would be nothing unusual in the market town.

  At around 17:00 on the 15th, the elephant group moved towards Shankou Village, Dalongtan Township, Eshan County after going down the mountain for food.

  At 23:30, the elephant group entered Shankou Village, Dalongtan Township, Eshan County.

  At 23:45, due to the obstruction of the mountain, the drone was beyond the control range, and the elephant group "disappeared" on the monitor's infrared night vision monitor screen.

Under the guidance of the provincial headquarters, the front-line headquarters urgently operated, requiring Yimen and Eshan to look for elephant trails while ensuring safety.

Air and ground monitoring and early warning personnel make an emergency transition.

The staff at each monitoring point and stuck point are taking action.

The picture shows the elephant group monitored.

Provided by Yunnan Forest Fire Brigade

  At 2:14 on the 16th, according to the information of the ground staff, the drone once again caught the elephant group turning back towards Shijie Township.

  At 2:40, the elephant group returned to Dianmo Mountain, where they rested on the 15th, and lay down to sleep.

  At 4:07, the elephants got up and moved around nearby.

  At 7:24, the elephant group fell asleep again.

  At 9 o'clock, the front-line headquarters held a dispatch meeting, including 9 comprehensive coordination groups, monitoring and early warning groups, feeding guidance groups, safety precaution groups, migration assistance groups, on-site management and control groups, propaganda working groups, loss compensation groups, and comprehensive security groups. The staff of the working group are in place. Staff from the provincial and Yuxi city forestry, emergency, public security, forest fire protection, electricity, transportation, and city, county, and township departments gather together. The goals are all-human elephants Safe.

  On the large screen of the headquarters, the elephants that had been active all night slept on the top of Dianmo Mountain with many trees and flat terrain.

The front-line headquarters organizes experts to "research and judge" the direction of the elephant group in the next step based on mountain terrain, forests, rivers, passages, and ground crops, combined with the daily habits of the elephant group.

"Research and judgment" is a hot word in recent news articles, but "research and judgment" is not an easy task.

  "The dispatching committee will generally study and judge two to three possible routes for the elephants." The command staff told reporters.

The primary criterion for judgment is human image safety.

  At 10 o'clock, the leaders and experts of the three-level command headquarters of the provinces, cities and counties went to the front line to conduct on-site inspections, check the terrain, and more accurately judge the elephant's next direction.

In the following time, images of elephant groups from various monitoring points continued to be sent back, and the work of all links of the command headquarters was progressing in an orderly manner.

  Yang Yingyong, the executive deputy commander of the front-line headquarters, told reporters that the most important thing in directing the cooperation of some workers is on duty. “You must master the basic route of the elephant in order to do the next work.”

The picture shows the elephant group monitored.

Provided by Yunnan Forest Fire Brigade

  "It didn't move, right?" Everyone who entered the command post during the day looked up at the big screen as the first action, knowing that the elephant was sleeping peacefully in place.

  At 16:00, the headquarters became tense again.

Today's second dispatch meeting was held, and the situation of the on-site inspection was brought to the meeting, and the migration route of the object group was again studied and judged.

  "Look at this point. The mountain is steep and the elephant can't get down."

  "There is a lot of food in this area, and elephants may go."

  "At present,'feeding' is the elephant's most important demand, and this is also an important basis for judging the elephant's path." Liu Shaohong, deputy commander of the front-line command, introduced.

  At 17:00, the experts predicted that because the elephants traveled a long distance and had a short time to eat on the first night, the time to descend the mountain might be advanced. The headquarters issued work instructions to the village team, village officials, and grid members, and required emergency preparedness. .

  A sleepless night began again.

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