Has rescued elephants more than 20 times!
Yunnan has been protecting elephants for a long time
In Yunnan, the concern and protection of elephants has been around for a long time.
Yunnan has now established a relatively complete system of shelter and assistance.
Since its establishment, the Asian Elephant Provenance Breeding and Rescue Center has rescued elephants more than 20 times.
Early in the morning, the three male elephants "Xiaoqiang" and "Yinen" and "Reminiscence" walked out of the Asian Elephant Provenance Breeding and Rescue Center together and began the day's outdoor adaptive survival training journey.
Said it is a field training, in fact, it means that the breeder accompanies them to go up the mountain to eat.
Xiong Chaoyong, a staff member of the Asian Elephant Provenance Breeding and Rescue Center: These rescued elephants are undergoing rehabilitation for a period of time, so after the treatment is over, we have to bring them to the forest for adaptation. Survival training.
First of all, it must not lose its ability to survive in the wild. It must collect more food to supplement its nutritional needs. At the same time, more exercise will be very beneficial to his own health.
The training time in the wild is usually about 7 hours, and the elephant must follow wherever the elephant goes, so as to ensure the safety of the elephant in the entire process of rehabilitation training in the wild.
The little elephant "Xiaoqiang" is an orphan abandoned by the elephant herd. He was only 8-10 months old when he was first discovered. Now he has become a famous troublemaker in the rescue center.
After the female elephant "Yinen" was taken into custody, she gave birth to the baby elephant "Yi Shuang" in 2017.
Now in the Yunnan Asian Elephant Provenance Breeding and Rescue Center, there are a total of 8 such Asian elephants that have been rescued, sheltered or bred. Each elephant has two breeders, and they all call themselves "Elephant Dad".
Because of being with the elephants for a long time, every elephant can understand the Dai language of the "elephant fathers".
Xiong Chaoyong, a staff member of the Asian Elephant Provenance Breeding and Rescue Center: For example, if you just heard "Well", it means coming over, and then "Worshiping" means leaving, because "Elephant Dad" spends a long time with them and uses words To communicate, it adapts to the language of "Xiang Dad", which is a kind of conditioning.
Nowadays, there are 26 "elephant fathers" in the Yunnan Asian Elephant Provenance Breeding and Rescue Center. They all have a common wish, that one day the bodies of these rescued elephants will recover and be able to adapt to the natural environment and return to nature.
Xiong Chaoyong, a staff member of the Asian Elephant Provenance Breeding and Rescue Center: As for when we can return to the forest, we still have a way to go, and we have to do a lot of work. In the end, experts will give advice and give a conclusion. We will start this work only when we can be released.