China News Service, Kunming, July 4th (Reporter Hu Yuanhang) The provincial headquarters of Asian elephant safety precautions for the northward movement of Yunnan Province reported on the 4th that from 17:00 on July 3 to 17:00 on July 4, the elephant herd generally moved southwest. Moving 12.2 kilometers in the direction, it moves in the woodland between Huanian Town, Eshan County and Yangwu Town, Xinping County.
The single elephant is located in the northeast of the elephant group, 60.1 kilometers away from the elephant group. It is active near Beicheng Street in Hongta District.
All 15 elephants are within the monitoring range, and the human elephants are safe.
The provincial headquarters organized experts to inspect on the spot, study and judge the migration route of elephant groups, and guide the deployment and control; coordinated with the Yunnan Provincial Forest Fire Brigade to add 2 drones to expand the monitoring range to ensure that there are no dead ends in monitoring and no loopholes in deployment.
The picture shows the elephant group monitored.
Provided by Yunnan Forest Fire Brigade
The Hongta District on-site headquarters added muck vehicles to form mobile enclosures, excavated elephant-proof ditches, expanded the range of deployment warnings, adopted flexible measures, and scientifically guided the migration of unique elephants.
The Eshan Xinping Joint Headquarters organized forestry, public security, emergency and other departments to convene meetings to study and judge the migration routes of the elephant herd, and formulate a work plan; command and dispatch, adopt auxiliary measures such as isolation and enclosure, feeding elephant food, and guide the elephant herd to migrate south; Control stuck points, effectively evacuate the people, avoid encounters with human elephants, ensure smooth migration routes for elephants, and do a good job in assisting relocation.
On the same day, the two on-site command centers put in a total of 221 emergency response personnel and police forces, dispatched 141 muck trucks, 51 emergency vehicles, and 22 drones, evacuated 315 households and 1071 people, and fed 2 tons of elephant food. Supply 1.3 kilograms of salt, and persuade 96 vehicles and 274 people to return to the mountain to pick up bacteria.
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