China sets aside crops for wild elephants to spare farmers
- 5 years ago
China sets aside crops for wild elephants to spare farmers
In this Jan. 26, 2008, file photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, a group of wild elephants is seen in the "Wild Elephant Valley" in the Dai Autonomous Prefecture of Xishuangbanna, southwest China's Yunnan Province. China plans to grow crops specifically for wild elephants to graze on in an effort to spare the livelihoods of local farmers. The southwestern province of Yunnan will set up the special farm in a habitat area in Menghai county where 18 of the animals frequently raid the crops of farmers from villages in the area. Wild Asian elephants are a protected species in China, and conservation efforts have allowed their numbers in the country to rise to about 300.
In this Jan. 26, 2008, file photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, a group of wild elephants is seen in the "Wild Elephant Valley" in the Dai Autonomous Prefecture of Xishuangbanna, southwest China's Yunnan Province. China plans to grow crops specifically for wild elephants to graze on in an effort to spare the livelihoods of local farmers. The southwestern province of Yunnan will set up the special farm in a habitat area in Menghai county where 18 of the animals frequently raid the crops of farmers from villages in the area. Wild Asian elephants are a protected species in China, and conservation efforts have allowed their numbers in the country to rise to about 300.