China News Service, Kunming, June 18 (Reporter Hu Yuanhang) The provincial headquarters for the safety and precaution of Asian elephants moving north from Yunnan reported on the evening of the 18th that 15 Asian elephants moved north from 18:00 on the 17th to 18:00 on the 18th. People are safe within the monitoring range.
The elephant group entered the jurisdiction of Eshan County, Yuxi City at 21:48 on June 17, moved 13.5 kilometers northwest and moved around Dalongtan Township, Eshan County.
The single elephant was out of the group for 13 days. It entered the district of Anning at 22:7 on June 17, located in the east of the elephant group, 24.7 kilometers away from the elephant group. It was active near the Eight Street Street of Anning City.
On-site traffic diversion, safety precautions, and monitoring deployment control difficulties have increased significantly.
The provincial headquarters organized experts to conduct on-site inspections on the migration routes of the single elephants entering Anning City, assess the risk of accidents caused by the single elephants, study and judge the routes, and propose scientific relocation assistance programs.
According to the migration of elephants, the Yuxi City Field Headquarters moved from Yimen County to Eshan County.
According to the migration situation of the unique elephant, Anning City launched an emergency response plan, which was operated synchronously with the Jinning District Field Command.
On the same day, the on-site command center invested a total of 138 emergency response personnel and police forces, dispatched 202 muck trucks, 25 excavators and other engineering vehicles, 94 emergency vehicles, and 15 unmanned aerial vehicles for 24-hour monitoring, and evacuated 1,329 people. 4774 people fed 0.7 tons of elephant food.
Shen Qingzhong, a member of the expert group of the provincial headquarters of the Asian elephant group safety precautions for the northward movement of Yunnan, made a preliminary study and judged that the elephant group has shown a southward trend, and the specific path needs further study and judgment.
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