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The Yunnan Wild Elephant Group is moving to the southwest as a whole, experts guess or are waiting for outlier elephants |
Continue to pay attention to the dynamics of wild Asian elephants migrating from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan to Kunming. According to the information from the Provincial Headquarters for the Safety and Precaution of Asian Elephant Groups Moving Northward in Yunnan Province, from 20:00 on the 10th to 17:00 on the 11th, the northward elephants moved 8.12 kilometers to the southwest and continued to stay near Shijie Township, Yimen County, Yuxi City. activity.
As of 13:00 today, the elephant group is still active in the mountains and forests near Shijie Township, Yimen County, Yuxi City. At present, the stray elephant is hovering at the junction of Anning and Jinning in Kunming City, and a straight line distance of more than ten kilometers from the elephant group.
The elephant group went down the mountain yesterday but did not enter the village
Yesterday (11th) night, the elephant group went up and down from the mountain near Yimen Shijie Township in Yuxi, but did not enter the village. They circled around the village and returned to the mountains this morning. Didn’t enter the village last night, where did the elephants go? What is their whereabouts today? Look at the report sent back by the reporter earlier ↓↓
Headquarters reporter Wang Xi: After the elephants circled the village last night, they returned to Nanshan early this morning.
There was a sudden heavy rain last night, and the elephant moved very slowly during the heavy rain and basically stayed where it was. The weather today is relatively good, which is helpful for drone monitoring.
In the field behind me, the elephant ate long-lost banana leaves here last night, as well as the buns in this field. There are many valleys in this village. If the elephants are found, they may stay here for a longer time.
Now the 14 elephants have been wandering in Shijie Township for several days. Experts speculate that they may be waiting for another male elephant. Now we are also closely monitoring the whereabouts of wild elephants throughout the day.
5 teams to monitor the elephant herd for 17 consecutive days
During the march of the elephant group, there have always been such a group of people guarding it unimpededly. They are the elephant group drone team, ground monitors, and scientific research team. They are affectionately referred to as “elephant chasers.” Let’s get to know the Asian Elephant Field Search and Monitoring Team of the Yunnan Forest Fire Fighting Corps today. In order to track the elephants, they have been holding on for 17 days. How do these “image chasers” “chasing the image”? What are the little-known details?
CCTV reporter Jiang Shulin: First, I will give you a few key figures. The first key figure is that the elephants have moved out for more than 400 days, and the trip is more than 500 kilometers; the second key figure is to guard 17 days and nights, and 5 teams to relay. The field monitoring team of the Yunnan Forest Fire Fighting Corps is divided into 5 groups and relays 24 hours a day.
Wang Jie, head of the Asian Elephant Field Monitoring Team of the Yunnan Forest Fire Brigade: Since May 27, we have used 5 vehicles, 20 people, 8 drones, and 5 infrared night vision devices to monitor the object group 24 hours a day. In the monitoring process, many unexpected situations are often faced.
CCTV reporter Jiang Shulin: These three photos were all taken in a dense forest this morning, and the elephants fell asleep soundly again. They can enjoy a very pleasant leisure time because we have a group of “xiangmen”, “chasers” and “chest-guards” who are working hard and paying uninterruptedly.
The stray elephant and the elephant group may have “communication in space”
Let’s pay attention to the news of that stray male elephant. At present, the little male elephant and the elephant group are about 10 kilometers apart, and the stray little elephant is located two hills away from the elephant group. In the past few days, the elephant herd has been wandering in Shijie Township, Yimen County. Experts guessed that the elephant herd might be waiting for the outlier male elephant. In fact, on the 10th, the elephant group yelled in the direction of the baby elephant. Yesterday, when the experts looked back at the elephant group and the little bull elephant’s behavior for a day, they found that at the same time the elephant group called, the outlier little bull elephant was also calling in the direction of the elephant group. Is this accidental?
CCTV reporter Zhu Huirong: Experts say that they should be communicating with each other, because they are not only making sounds, but also cooperating with some body movements. Although it is more than 10 kilometers apart, it does not hinder the transmission of information between elephants.
What information is being conveyed? Experts also told me that, in fact, where the baby elephant is located these days, the vegetation is very rich, and it has been there for several days, and it hasn’t moved much about eating and drinking. And I took a bath and played there, and it seemed that my little life was going well. There is a possibility that it is telling the elephant group that it has found a good place for the elephant group to look for it.
In fact, Asian elephants are wild animals after all. Even if there are specialized personnel studying them, we still know very little about them. The so-called “Xiang” heart is unpredictable, and no one can tell.
The state will issue a long-term plan for elephant protection
At present, the population of Asian elephants in my country is expanding steadily, from about 180 in 1985 to about 300 now. In response to the expanding population of Asian elephants, the reporter learned from the National Forestry and Grass Administration that the state will issue a long-term plan for elephant protection in order to better protect Asian elephants.
my country’s Asian elephants are mainly distributed in the southwest border area adjacent to Laos and Myanmar. Their habitats include tropical rain forests and monsoon forests of about 7,000 square kilometers in Xishuangbanna Prefecture, Pu’er City and Lincang City. The scope of activities involves a land area of 37,849 square kilometers, including three national nature reserves and eight provincial nature reserves.
In order to achieve better protection, the long-term protection plan first considers the habitat of the Asian elephant.
Shi Kun, deputy leader of the National Asian Elephant Conservation Expert Group, Director of the Wildlife Research Institute of Beijing Forestry University: One is to improve the connectivity of the now fragmented Asian elephant habitat, so that it has a larger area of continuity Habitat. In this way, it can improve its living space, including improving some of the existing problems.
Experts said that the second thing to do is to improve the quality of the Asian elephant’s habitat and do some habitat restoration work. Improve the living environment of Asian elephants and make their lives better.
Shi Kun, deputy leader of the National Asian Elephant Conservation Expert Group, Director of the Wildlife Research Institute of Beijing Forestry University: The third aspect, because of the Asian elephant, we still have many unsolved mysteries, including its distribution, its number, and its Activity rules, behaviors, etc., these have yet to be studied. There is also a certain degree of complexity. Therefore, based on such a consideration, future investigations, monitoring, and scientific research should be further strengthened, and finally the Asian elephants can be protected scientifically and effectively.
In addition, experts pointed out that in the future, international cooperation with neighboring countries with Asian elephants will be further promoted. Through international mutual cooperation, the level of protection will be improved, and more effective and broader protection will be achieved.
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