Jinghong is home to about 185 elephants, and their habitat spans about 350,000 hectares. The animal is under first-class State protection in China and can be found in the area of Yunnan that borders Myanmar and Laos.ĭue to ongoing wildlife protection efforts, the number of wild Asian elephants in the province has increased from 170 in 1980 to 300 today. The Asian elephant has been listed as an endangered species on the Red List of International Union for Conservation of Nature. This can stop them from foraging in villages and damaging farmers' crops."
"After the completion of the project, elephants will be able to eat in the food source base. "The project is meant to improve the quality of Asian elephants' habitat, enrich their food sources and provide them with more to eat," said Cha Wei, an official from the bureau. The city's forestry and grassland bureau has not revealed the opening date of the base but said it will start operating soon. In late August, experts conducted a preliminary field inspection. The base, which covers three townships across 67 hectares, has grown some of the elephants' favorite plants, including 38,000 musa basjoo trees, a species of banana.Ĭonstruction workers also built several ponds and added 2 metric tons of salt to meet the elephants' mineral needs. The project, with investment of 1 million yuan ($154,686), kicked off in December and was completed in May. Jinghong, in Southwest China's Yunnan province, will soon open a food source base especially developed for Asian elephants, in a bid to reduce conflicts between humans and the animal. A herd of wild Asian elephants feed on corn at farmland in Jinghong, the seat of the Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture in Yunnan province, in this file photo provided to China Daily.
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