China News Service, Kunming, July 11 (Reporter Hu Yuanhang) The provincial headquarters of the Asian elephant safety precautions for the northward movement of Yunnan Province reported on the 11th that from 17:00 on July 10 to 17:00 on July 11, the elephant herd generally moved east. It traveled around 11 kilometers and moved around in the woodland near Longwu Town, Shiping County, Honghe Prefecture.
The elephant group is within the monitoring range, and the human elephant is safe.
The provincial headquarters coordinated the command and dispatch, paid close attention to the movement of elephants, assessed potential risks, delineated key areas, required the on-site headquarters to do a good job of deployment and control, and scientifically guided the elephants to migrate to the south; coordinated the deployment of an additional Asian elephant research expert to station The on-site command center guides the work; organizes experts and monitoring and tracking teams to conduct on-site inspections, analyze and judge the migration route of the elephant group, and guide the elephant feeding.
The picture shows the elephant group monitored.
Provided by Yunnan Forest Fire Brigade
The on-site headquarters organizes state and county forestry and grassland, public security, emergency, housing construction, transportation, electric power and other departments to study and judge the migration route of the elephant group, and focus on key prevention and control areas, refine special guidance and deployment control plans, and implement relocation assistance plans; establish on-site mobile teams , And adopt measures such as feeding elephants, road control, and emergency evacuation to help the elephants move to the predetermined route.
A total of 175 emergency response personnel and police forces were deployed that day, 52 vehicles and 17 drones were dispatched, 525 households with 1,587 people were evacuated, 1.5 tons of elephant food were fed, and 86 vehicles with 210 people were advised to return.
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The picture shows the elephant group monitored.
Provided by Yunnan Forest Fire Brigade