China News Service, Kunming, June 21 (Reporter Hu Yuanhang) The provincial headquarters of Asian elephant safety precautions for the northward movement of Yunnan Province reported on the evening of the 21st that from 18:00 on June 20 to 18:00 on June 21, the overall direction of the elephant herd Migrate 9.3 kilometers to the north and re-enter the woodland near Shijie Township in Yimen.
The single elephant is located in the north-east direction of the elephant group, 24.6 kilometers away from the elephant group, and continues to move in a small area in the woodland of Shuanghe Township, Jinning District.
Recently, the elephant group has moved back and forth between Yimen and Eshan, which has brought greater challenges to on-site command coordination and coordinated relocation. The surrounding villages of the elephant group’s movement route are many and scattered, making safety prevention and control more difficult.
The working group of the National Forestry and Grass Administration went down to guide the work, held on-site seminars, studied the direction of elephant group migration, discussed safe disposal plans, and put forward requirements for ensuring the safety of human elephants.
The picture shows the elephant group monitored.
Photo courtesy of Yunnan Forest Fire Brigade
The provincial headquarters pays close attention to the movement of elephant groups, and guides the development of monitoring and early warning and on-site deployment of the target group's northward movement; organizes experts to conduct on-site inspections and evaluations, analyze and determine the migration route of the elephant group, and study and formulate guidance and deployment plans.
The on-site command center is required to strengthen cooperation and jointly deploy defenses to ensure unobstructed migration channels for elephant groups and ensure the safety of human elephants.
The on-site headquarters continued to carry out the protection and prevention of Asian elephants to the people in surrounding villages and towns, especially primary and middle school students.
The Yimen and Eshan Field Commands coordinated and coordinated to convene a research and judgment deployment meeting to strengthen on-site management and control, adopt measures such as feeding elephants, isolation enclosures, road control, and emergency evacuation, and continue to scientifically guide the elephant population to migrate to the south.
The on-site headquarters of Jinning District, Anning City, Yimen County, and Eshan County operate simultaneously.
A total of 186 emergency response personnel and police forces were deployed that day, 125 muck trucks, 22 construction vehicles such as excavators, 84 emergency vehicles were dispatched, 15 UAVs implemented 24-hour monitoring, and 1,280 households and 4,106 people were evacuated. , Feeding 0.1 tons of elephant food.
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