Source: @Yunnan Release
According to @Yunnan release, from 17:00 on July 12 to 17:00 on July 13, the elephant herd moved 10.5 kilometers to the south as a whole, continuing to move in the woodland near Longwu Town, Shiping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture.
The provincial command headquarters requires the main responsibility of governments at all levels to be compacted, further enrich the ground force, and increase the intensity of dynamic monitoring and deployment; organize and convene on-site deployment meetings in prefectures, counties, townships (towns), study the elephant herd migration plan, fully study and judge the elephant herd migration route, and refine safety precautions; strengthen ground and air monitoring, coordinate and increase the frequency of unmanned aerial vehicle monitoring, and dispatch 4 more Asian elephant professional ground tracking monitors to ensure that the elephant herd dynamics are grasped in a timely manner and respond at the first time.
The on-site command headquarters requires that under the condition of ensuring the safety of human and elephants, the work of arming and assisting in relocation be done well; the control of the arming area is increased to ensure the smooth migration route of the elephant herd and the migration along the preset route; and the surrounding masses in the direction of the movement of the target group are organized to publicize and popularize the knowledge of Asian elephant protection and prevention. On the same day, a total of 215 emergency response personnel and police forces were put in, 58 emergency vehicles, 9 excavators and other engineering vehicles, 19 unmanned aerial vehicles were dispatched, 1847 people from 563 households were evacuated, 1 ton of elephant food was fed, and 84 vehicles and 196 people were persuaded to return. (Provincial Headquarters for The Security and Prevention of Asian Elephants Moving North-South from Yunnan)
