Asian elephants stranded in Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden due to failure to cross the river

In February, a wild Asian elephants has 17 elephants migrating south through China in the course of Sciences Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden.

Zhong Keyuan Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, assistant researcher Yun Deng: the first group of like going to the day before crossing back into protected areas of it, but now in June, as opposed to river traffic increased in February, difficult crossing, So there is no way to cross the river, and it is still stuck in the botanical garden.

It is understood that this group of wild elephants comes from the Mengyangzi Reserve of Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve, and consists of 17 individuals, including 11 adult elephants, 4 sub-adult elephants, and 2 juvenile elephants.

Zhong Keyuan Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, assistant researcher Yun Deng: on the one hand we organize UAV team, carried out around the clock 24-hour shift monitoring, control of some large-scale objects from group activities.