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China is making its wild elephants travel 1,300 km by luring them with bananas. This journey is being monitored through drone cameras.
- Elephants crossed the bridge safely
- Keeping an eye on 25 thousand employees
- Abandoned hideout from southeast Yunnan province
Beijing: China is making its wild elephants travel 1,300 km by luring them with bananas. This yatra is being conducted to transport them from the urban area southwest Yunnan province to the forest considered to be their natural habitat. This journey of elephants is being monitored through drone cameras.
Elephants crossed the bridge safely
Wildlife Protection Officials told a press briefing that the elephants safely crossed a bridge over the Yuan River, which was towards the south of the city of Puer.
An emergency committee set up to handle wild elephants made electric fences to show the elephants the right path. Along with this, corn trees were kept as fodder and temporary roads were also built to show the elephants the right path.
- Keeping an eye on 25 thousand employees
Wan Yong, Chief of the Provincial Forestry Commission, said that Yunnan has deployed more than 25,000 police and other staff to track the movement of elephants, feed them and guarantee public safety. Along with this, about 1,500 emergency vehicles have also been deployed on the way.
Wan Yong said that more than one and a half lakh people have been evacuated from the migration route of the returning elephants. Along with this, an amount of about 5 million yuan i.e. 5 crore 73 lakh 2 thousand rupees has also been distributed to the victims to compensate for the loss caused by elephants.
- Abandoned hideout from southeast Yunnan province
He said this group of elephants left their hideout from southeastern Yunnan province near Laos 16 months ago in search of food such as corn, sugarcane, bananas and dragon-fruit. After that they went straight towards southwest Yunnan province.
The Chinese people have expressed happiness over the return of the elephants. People said that it was a relaxing moment for elephants to parade on the streets of the city, drink wine made from cereals and sit collectively in the fields of dozens of elephants. The Chinese media has addressed him as a ‘beloved hero’ of environmental protection.
However, many people are also expressing concern with this march of elephants. In fact, an adult elephant weighs more than 4 tons and can run faster than the Usain Bolt. If they feel any danger on themselves, they go to any extent.
- Elephants destroyed a villager’s house
Chen Mingyong, an elephant-behavior expert at Yunnan University associated with the task force, said two elephants from the returning group ransacked a villager’s house to kill him in March. However, no complaint was registered with the police regarding this incident.
- Elephants’ escape became a mystery
Why did elephants start their tracks earlier? It remains an enigma to this day. It is more likely that due to the increasing number of elephants in their home forest, there has been fierce competition for resources among them.
Chen said, climate change is also affecting their place. It may be that the electromagnetic field in the Earth’s electromagnetic field has destroyed the navigation ability of those elephants and they have started on the wrong path.
- Why did the elephant move towards Kunming city?
Researchers are particularly perplexed as to why this group of very intelligent elephants kept walking straight towards the city of Kunming.
The government’s efforts have doubled the elephant population in Xishuangbanna since 1978. Wan said the ban on hunting in the wild has made elephants more inclined to enter human territory.
Experts say that rapid urbanization, newly built transport infrastructure and commercial farming have also played a big role in the shrinkage of forests. Due to which there has been a crisis for the wild animals living in them.
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