In xishuangbanna Asian elephant rescue and breeding center, there is a star elephant Ranran, many people are familiar with it, because in 2005 it was accidentally injured and experienced a life and death test, our reporter from Yunnan Radio and Television Station also experienced the whole process of rescuing Ranran, this year, the reporter reunited Ranran, Ranran's daughter is 3 years old.
8 a.m
The reporter came to the Asian Elephant Rescue and Breeding Center
Reporter Yang Hua:
"Of course, I haven't seen you for a long time, I miss you, are you okay?" They all became mothers. "What's the baby elephant's name?"
Asian Elephant Rescue and Breeding Center "Elephant Daddy" Li Taiping:
"Jingjing, Jinghong's Jingjing, is the mascot."
Reunited with Ranran, the reporter was a little excited, "Ranran, do you remember me?" At this time, the elephant suddenly patted the ground with its nose and hissed. Li Taiping explained that it patted the ground and expressed thank you.
The reporter asked, "What happened to the wound on its leg?" ”
Li Taiping pointed to the wound on Ranran's leg, "Oh, the scar will remain here forever." ”
Time flies, the pace of Ranran in front of you is steady, this year is 20 years old, there is a stable life in this rainforest, if it were not for the scars on his legs, who would have thought that 3 years ago Ran Ran had experienced a life and death test.
In July 2005, Yunnan Radio and Television Station broadcast the screen
The baby elephant was caught in a trap more than a week ago, and since its leg has been injured, it has been carrying the clip around, and the injuries are getting worse and worse.
Wang Biyun, a staff member of the Wild Elephant Valley Scenic Area at the time, said that they sent a small male elephant to take the injured small wild elephant and use its nose to push it, which meant to let it leave the herd.
After the mother elephant left with the baby elephant, five wild elephants who were close to the mother and son followed them, but the wild elephants were obviously powerless to deal with the beast clamps on the baby elephant's legs and the increasingly serious injuries. How to disperse the wild elephant herds and rescue the 400-kilogram baby elephants from the primary forest, the rescue work is difficult.
Adult wild elephants surround the injured young
Reporter scene that year
"The injured baby elephant and herd of elephants are in the jungle next to me, and now the staff with the anesthesia gun has gone to the scene to prepare to rescue the baby elephant after anesthesia. It was now 6:45 p.m., and the naked eye could see that two or three adult elephants were only about 15-20 meters away from the man with the anesthesia gun, and they were now ready to shoot. It was now 6:52 p.m., and the elephant's hiss had just come from inside, and we reckoned that the anesthesia gun might have hit the elephant.
"Shot, shot in the leg, call ranger, hurry up!"
"Quick!"
The reporter saw the baby elephant rescued by the rescue operation on the same day, it has fallen to the ground under the action of anesthesia, the rescue personnel are taking the clip on its foot, and strengthening the anesthesia, in order to prevent the wild elephants from attacking, everyone constantly shouts, and the baby elephant purrs because of poor breathing.
The reporter saw that the left hind leg of the baby elephant had festered, the veterinarian was cleaning it with hydrogen peroxide, the wound oozed blood, and could smell a strong odor, and the baby elephant looked very pitiful.
Just as all the attention of the medical staff was focused on how to rescue the injured elephant, the danger was approaching step by step, and the elephant herd slowly turned back to the baby elephant despite the shouting.
"Evacuate now, the elephant is coming, evacuate immediately, go!" Walk! Walk! ”
At 7:55 p.m., the injured baby elephant was finally lifted out of the mountain on a stretcher. The baby elephant weighed about 400 kilograms, and it took more than 10 minutes for the first 10 adult men to move it to the foot of the mountain, and most of the people present joined in the process of lifting the baby elephant.
At 8:21 p.m., after the wake-up injection was applied, the baby elephant struggled twice and quickly woke up. The crowd around couldn't help but applaud it.
"Good looking, good looking!"
After being rescued, the baby elephant was named Ranran, which means returning to nature. Ran stayed at the Xiaomeng Rescue Center for three years, and in 2008, the Asian Elephant Rescue and Breeding Center was established in Xishuangbanna, and Ran ran was the first wild elephant to move in.
Chen Jiming, the "elephant father" who has been taking care of Ranran, said that in 2012, Ranran's mother once came to visit it in the nearby rainforest, and the mother and daughter met.
Its mother touched it with her nose, greeting like a human, "How are you living in this place?" Do you want to go with us? "They put their noses in each other's mouths to communicate.
Walking is the nature and the call of the mother;
Staying is a realistic choice made by nature.
At that time, although the wound on his left hind leg had recovered, it was very easy to tear after a long journey, and he could not follow his mother over the mountains.
Finally, Ran ran gently waved his elephant trunk to say goodbye to his mother.
Time slips away day by day, in 2018, ran 16 years old, the love sinus first opened, to date.
The male tusk who dated Ran Ran was very beautiful, and Ran Ran fell in love with the male elephant and succeeded in courtship.
After a 20-month gestation, in September 2019, Ran Ran gave birth to Jingjing, which is the second generation of rescue elephants born in the history of Yunnan wild elephant rescue.
After a full meal at 9 a.m., he took his daughter for a walk in the mountains
It's the height of summer, the grass is verdant, the morning dew hits the green leaves, and you enjoy everything nature has to offer.
The daughter JingJing on the side is sprinkling joy, and it has been with people since childhood, and it is more intimate with people.
Journalist's Note
The reunion after 17 years seems to have added a quiet end to the heart-wrenching twilight of 17 years ago.
However, when he was injured, his mother took it to the edge of the rainforest and issued the most urgent cry for help, people lived up to the trust of life, accompanied and guarded with love, this story is a lovely inclusive and endless Yunnan.
Reporter/Yunnan TV Yang Hua Feng Yin Huang Dongsheng Wang Shengzhang Zheng Xuefei Xishuangbannatai
Source: Yunnan Radio and Television Station