A wild Asian elephant intruded in Puer City, Yunnan, did not cause casualties

China News Agency, Kunming, April, 8, Xinhua, 8, from the Propaganda Department of Puer municipal Party committee of Yunnan, 8, a wild Asian elephant broke into the downtown area on the evening of 7. Under the guidance of field staff and the escort of UAV, the wild elephant returned to the forest at 4 oclock in the morning on the morning of 8. It is understood that the wild Asian elephants in 7, 21, in Simao District Manliancun Jue dam base city group; on the same day at 22:30, the wild elephants from Nanping Town Community Manchester United into the city, along the way through the 6 areas. After the incident, Simao Puer City, two levels of government in the first time to start the emergency response mechanism, process monitoring, early warning, real-time traffic to the elephant, evacuation of personnel, ensure that the wild Asian elephants into the city incident caused no casualties. The elephant will arrive at the city outskirts, multi department of forestry, Puer City forest police, traffic police and other rapid action of the Asian elephant walking route anticipation, using UAV tracking and monitoring, and according to the early warning and monitoring the situation, the police stationed in key locations along the line to keep the points, passing vehicles and population monitoring, counseling and warning, timely guide the surrounding residents avoid, in order to avoid human elephant conflicts. At 4 a.m. on the 8 day, the wild Asian elephant returned to the forest from the outskirts of the city near the outskirts of the city under the guidance of the on-site staff and the escort of the UAVs. Puer City Simao district forestry departments responsible person, the city is a head into the tea act alone, the Asian elephant, the monitor has been observed for many years it. At present, there are a total of 96 wild Asian elephants in the Simao region. Previously, they were all located in towns far away from the urban area, but recently, a group of 14 wild Asian elephants began to move in the area only ten kilometers away from the urban area. Local forest public security reminds us that the wild Asian elephant belongs to the national first class protected animal, but has very high aggression and danger. In the process of traveling and feeding, do not stand around and keep safe distance from wild elephants. Do not frighten or drive away wild elephants by means of firecrackers or digging holes, so as to avoid human conflicts. Report to the local forestry department and public security organs in case of an elephant injury or an artificial injury to the wild elephant.

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