云南15頭野生亞洲野象北遷動態(tài)備受關(guān)注

The 15 wild Asian elephants are now wandering in the Hongta district of Yuxi, following a long journey from Yunnan province's southmost prefecture starting from April 16. As of Sunday morning, the elephants were 50 km from Kunming's Jinning district and 100 km from the downtown area of the provincialcapital.

自4月16日起，這15頭亞洲野象從云南省最南端的縣開始長途遷徙，目前在玉溪市紅塔區(qū)境內(nèi)，距離云南省省會昆明市晉寧區(qū)50公里，距離昆明市城區(qū)100公里。

Monitoring images show that the herdincludes six female adult elephants, three male adults, three sub-adults, and three cubsfrom their traditional habitat. Precaution measures have been taken to prevent human-elephant conflict as the elephants may well stray into human settlements.

當(dāng)?shù)卣硎?，亞洲野象離開傳統(tǒng)棲息地向北遷移這么遠(yuǎn)很罕見。當(dāng)?shù)匾呀?jīng)采取預(yù)防措施，防止象群進(jìn)入人類居住地引發(fā)人象沖突。

The provincial bureau of forestryand grasslandsaid that it is a priority to protect the safety of both human beings and the elephants.

云南省林草局表示，保護(hù)象群和人群安全是首要任務(wù)。

Police officers have been sent to escort the elephants. They are aided with 228 vehicles, four excavators and three unmanned aerial vehicles in case that they need to distance the animals with human settlements.

當(dāng)?shù)匾殉鰟泳σ龑?dǎo)象群，同時(shí)派出228輛車，4輛挖掘機(jī)，3架無人機(jī)協(xié)助將象群從人類居住區(qū)引開。