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Saturday, 16 February 2019
Woman killed in wild elephants attack in Thailand
BANGKOK, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- A woman was found stomped to death by wild elephants by a roadside near a national park in central Thailand's Hua Hin, reports said on Saturday.
Police found the woman lying face-down in bushes with her shoulders crushed and her skull fractured. Elephants footprints were seen nearby.
The woman's husband said she left home on Thursday evening to visit her sick mother and didn't return. He was informed that his wife's body was found the next morning.
The couple's house is about five kilometers away from the spot where the woman was killed by the pachyderms. Police said the spot is adjacent to a national park and the area turned into pineapple plantations later.
Villagers are living under threats of wild elephants in Thailand's forest area. The southeastern Asia country has seen the second elephant attack in just 48 hours.
Previously, a Buddhist monk of a 19-day seclusion was killed by wild elephants near a Wildlife Sanctuary in Chachoengsao Province in central Thailand.
It's estimated that about 3,500 domesticated elephants live in Thailand and roughly 3,340 wild elephants live in 69 wildlife sanctuaries and national parks across the country. Enditem
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Tuesday, 9 January 2018
Drones used to protect Yunnan residents from wild elephants
Police and forestry workers are using drones to monitor the activities of a wild elephant that has attacked several vehicles in Menghai county, Yunnan province.
The adult elephant smashed the front window of a bus and pushed a car off the road at the weekend, Beijing Youth Daily reported on Tuesday. No deaths or injuries were reported.
On Saturday, the bus broke down and the driver insisted on staying in the vehicle, despite warnings from the forestry bureau, a source was quoted as saying in the report.
At 6 pm, the wild elephant approached the bus, looked inside, and hit the window with its head, according to the source. The driver was unhurt.
On Sunday morning, the elephant pushed a car off the road, the report added.
Wang Tongxing, deputy director of the Menghai public security bureau, attributed the incidents to the migration season.
According to Chen Mingyong, a professor in Yunnan University’s Life Sciences Department who has studied Asian elephants for years, wild elephants usually migrate between November and April when food is scarce.
“They chase down food, wander around, and don’t have a home,” he said.
There is also a group of 16 elephants and one lone elephant in neighboring Lancang county, according to the forestry authority.
At present, drones are being used to conduct real-time monitoring of all 18 elephants 24 hours a day. Sections of road will be cordoned off if elephants are found there.
“If the elephants get close to villages, alerts will be sent to the villagers,” Chen said. “People should also avoid provoking the elephants, who may be aggressive if they are scared.”
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The adult elephant smashed the front window of a bus and pushed a car off the road at the weekend, Beijing Youth Daily reported on Tuesday. No deaths or injuries were reported.
On Saturday, the bus broke down and the driver insisted on staying in the vehicle, despite warnings from the forestry bureau, a source was quoted as saying in the report.
At 6 pm, the wild elephant approached the bus, looked inside, and hit the window with its head, according to the source. The driver was unhurt.
On Sunday morning, the elephant pushed a car off the road, the report added.
Wang Tongxing, deputy director of the Menghai public security bureau, attributed the incidents to the migration season.
According to Chen Mingyong, a professor in Yunnan University’s Life Sciences Department who has studied Asian elephants for years, wild elephants usually migrate between November and April when food is scarce.
“They chase down food, wander around, and don’t have a home,” he said.
There is also a group of 16 elephants and one lone elephant in neighboring Lancang county, according to the forestry authority.
At present, drones are being used to conduct real-time monitoring of all 18 elephants 24 hours a day. Sections of road will be cordoned off if elephants are found there.
“If the elephants get close to villages, alerts will be sent to the villagers,” Chen said. “People should also avoid provoking the elephants, who may be aggressive if they are scared.”
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Friday, 22 December 2017
Chinese village builds barricades to fend off marauding wild elephants
Villagers in southwest China who have been plagued for years by rampaging wild elephants looking for food have welcomed a scheme to build a barrier to protect them.
The pilot project to build an enclosure round Xiangyanqing in Yunnan province has been judged so successful that it will now be expanded to other villages in the Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve, state television reported on Thursday.
Residents reported a dozen incidents in which elephants were kept out of the village in just over a month, Guo Xianming, director of the Asian elephants protection project in Xishuangbanna, told CCTV.
The reserve hosts most of the country’s wild Asian elephants, which number between 200 and 300, according to a study published by the country’s Institute of Zoology.
The village introduced the barriers recently to cope with attacks from the wild elephants which came looking for sugar cane and banana leaves and would eat their grain and destroy electric appliances in their houses, villager Feng Guanglin told the broadcaster.
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Thursday, 17 August 2017
Two killed in elephant attack in China
Two persons were killed after they were attacked by wild elephants in southwest China's Yunnan Province, local authorities said today.
The incident occurred at a farm in Meng'a township when the elephants attacked a family of three heading to Jinghong city on a motorbike yesterday, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
The man survived, while his wife and son died.
Wild Asian elephants are under Class A protection in China, with a population of about 300, mainly scattered in Xishuangbanna and the cities of Pu'er and Lincang in Yunnan.
In recent years, there have been frequent reports of attacks by wild elephants causing casualties and property damage in Yunnan.
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The incident occurred at a farm in Meng'a township when the elephants attacked a family of three heading to Jinghong city on a motorbike yesterday, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
The man survived, while his wife and son died.
Wild Asian elephants are under Class A protection in China, with a population of about 300, mainly scattered in Xishuangbanna and the cities of Pu'er and Lincang in Yunnan.
In recent years, there have been frequent reports of attacks by wild elephants causing casualties and property damage in Yunnan.
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Sunday, 6 August 2017
China’s elephant ‘canteen’ keeps villagers safe from peckish pachyderms
The facility spans about 66 hectares in a wildlife reserve in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan province, China National Radio reported.
To make it irresistible to the pachyderms, the area has been stripped of all non-native trees and shrubs and restocked with their favourite food plants. These include such delights as paper mulberry and Nepalese broom grass, the report said.
With such an abundant food supply, the elephants are not the only creatures attracted to the new area. Antelopes and boars have also been seen tucking in to the treats on offer.
Over the past decade, the wild elephant population in Yunnan has doubled to more than 300, according to forestry authorities. As a result there has been increased competition for food and the hungry animals have increasingly gone in search of sustenance in villages and even towns.
Between 1991 and 2016, more than 40 people in Yunnan were killed in elephant attacks, according to official statistics.
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To make it irresistible to the pachyderms, the area has been stripped of all non-native trees and shrubs and restocked with their favourite food plants. These include such delights as paper mulberry and Nepalese broom grass, the report said.
With such an abundant food supply, the elephants are not the only creatures attracted to the new area. Antelopes and boars have also been seen tucking in to the treats on offer.
Over the past decade, the wild elephant population in Yunnan has doubled to more than 300, according to forestry authorities. As a result there has been increased competition for food and the hungry animals have increasingly gone in search of sustenance in villages and even towns.
Between 1991 and 2016, more than 40 people in Yunnan were killed in elephant attacks, according to official statistics.
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Sunday, 18 June 2017
Wild elephant attacks man in rubber plantation in China
A 43-year-old worker was injured after he was attacked by a wild elephant in a rubber tree plantation in southwest China, Chinese media reported.
The worker, Li Niusha, is in a stable condition after 11 of his ribs were fractured in the attack in Xishuangbanna in Yunnan province, the news website Thepaper.cn reported.
Li was removing weeds to expand the rubber plantation in Mengyang township last Saturday afternoon when he ran into a group of about six wild elephants.
Li fled for his life, but one of the elephants rushed at him and attacked.
Chinese rescuers use drone, stun grenades and firecrackers to free 3 wild elephants trapped in pool
He crawled to a nearby river and a fisherman came to his aid, the report said.
The authorities were quoted as saying that the attack took place in an area where the elephants were looking for food.
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The worker, Li Niusha, is in a stable condition after 11 of his ribs were fractured in the attack in Xishuangbanna in Yunnan province, the news website Thepaper.cn reported.
Li was removing weeds to expand the rubber plantation in Mengyang township last Saturday afternoon when he ran into a group of about six wild elephants.
Li fled for his life, but one of the elephants rushed at him and attacked.
Chinese rescuers use drone, stun grenades and firecrackers to free 3 wild elephants trapped in pool
He crawled to a nearby river and a fisherman came to his aid, the report said.
The authorities were quoted as saying that the attack took place in an area where the elephants were looking for food.
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Tuesday, 25 April 2017
Villager injured in China elephant attack
A villager has been hospitalized after being attacked by a wild elephant Wednesday in southwest China's Yunnan Province, local authorities said.
The accident occurred shortly after noon when the villager from Jinghong City was farming on a mountain three kilometers from his home, according to the city's information office.
The victim, whose abdomen was stabbed by the elephant's tusk, is being treated at a hospital in Dai Autonomous Prefecture of Xishuangbanna, which administers the city.
A similar tragedy struck Jinghong last month, when a migrant worker was killed by a wild elephant at a rubber tree plantation.
Wild Asian elephants are under Class-A protection in China, with a population of around 300 mainly scattered in Xishuangbanna and the cities of Pu'er and Lincang in Yunnan.
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The accident occurred shortly after noon when the villager from Jinghong City was farming on a mountain three kilometers from his home, according to the city's information office.
The victim, whose abdomen was stabbed by the elephant's tusk, is being treated at a hospital in Dai Autonomous Prefecture of Xishuangbanna, which administers the city.
A similar tragedy struck Jinghong last month, when a migrant worker was killed by a wild elephant at a rubber tree plantation.
Wild Asian elephants are under Class-A protection in China, with a population of around 300 mainly scattered in Xishuangbanna and the cities of Pu'er and Lincang in Yunnan.
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Friday, 17 February 2017
Wild Elephants Invade Chinese Village in Search of Food
Youtube / Caters ClipsA Cure? Scientists Successfully Synthesize Elephant Protein That Kills Cancer According to the forest police on Tuesday morning, 14 elephants invaded the agricultural land of Mandat village in the county of Xishuangbanna-Daisuki autonomous region, Xinhua news reported.
The elephants were present in the vicinity from January 26 and wandered near the fields and farmland in search of food. The elephants trampled a few chickens and geese on a farm, roamed the highway and ate the village’s crops.
Police sent out special personnel for alarm announcements, traffic police warnings and evacuation of local residents. The government used a drone to track the escaped animals.
Wild Asian elephants in China are protected animals. They mainly live in the county of Xishuangbanna Dai, as well as in the cities of Payer and Linking in Yuannan province.
Due to the lack of food in winter months, the animals are forced to leave their territories in search of food in nearby villages.
According to the Forestry Administration, from 2011 to 2015 in there were 48 thousand cases of elephant invasions in Yunnan province. Due to such incidents 18 people died, 27 were injured and the economic damage amounted to almost $14 million.
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The elephants were present in the vicinity from January 26 and wandered near the fields and farmland in search of food. The elephants trampled a few chickens and geese on a farm, roamed the highway and ate the village’s crops.
Police sent out special personnel for alarm announcements, traffic police warnings and evacuation of local residents. The government used a drone to track the escaped animals.
Wild Asian elephants in China are protected animals. They mainly live in the county of Xishuangbanna Dai, as well as in the cities of Payer and Linking in Yuannan province.
Due to the lack of food in winter months, the animals are forced to leave their territories in search of food in nearby villages.
According to the Forestry Administration, from 2011 to 2015 in there were 48 thousand cases of elephant invasions in Yunnan province. Due to such incidents 18 people died, 27 were injured and the economic damage amounted to almost $14 million.
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Wild elephant kills worker in SW China
An attack by a wild elephant left a rubber plantation worker dead in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province on Thursday afternoon.
The incident occurred when two workers were approached by the elephants, with one managing to escape up a tree and call the police.
The other worker was found at about 2am after a wide search, however, he had been fatally wounded by the elephant by the time emergency services arrived.
The elephant has yet to be found by authorities.
As of May 2016, there were 279 wild elephants living in the forest of Xishuangbanna, an autonomous prefecture in the southeast of China.
In the last 25 years alone, 43 people have been killed by wild elephants in the region.
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The incident occurred when two workers were approached by the elephants, with one managing to escape up a tree and call the police.
The other worker was found at about 2am after a wide search, however, he had been fatally wounded by the elephant by the time emergency services arrived.
The elephant has yet to be found by authorities.
As of May 2016, there were 279 wild elephants living in the forest of Xishuangbanna, an autonomous prefecture in the southeast of China.
In the last 25 years alone, 43 people have been killed by wild elephants in the region.
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