The number of Asian elephants on the entire continent has dropped by half since the middle of the 20th century.
The population of the endangered Asian elephant has doubled to about 360 individuals in the past 25 years in China, according to the Forestry and Plains Bureau of Yunnan Province.
One part of the efforts to increase the number of Asian elephants has been a group in the Xishuangbanna area, which has rescued and cared for more than 20 wild elephants since 2008.
Individuals that come to the Xishuangbanna Asian Elephant Breeding and Rescue Center are often wounded. In addition to rehabilitation, the animals are helped to restore their survival abilities by taking them out into nature to exercise.
– The goal is to help the elephants return to the jungle as soon as possible, says Vetävä of the group Chen Jiming.
The Asian elephant is the continent’s largest land animal, whose daily routine includes eating, playing and sleeping. To survive, an adult elephant must spend two-thirds of the day eating grass and roots.
The number of Asian elephants on the entire continent has dropped by half since the middle of the 20th century. They live in nature researchers’ assessment (you switch to another service) including a total of approximately 48,000–52,000 individuals.
In China, elephants are strictly protected, but their living space is shrinking as people take areas for their own use. The country banned all ivory trade in early 2018, which was hoped to reduce poaching. World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) by (you switch to another service) the ban reduced ivory sales in China already in the same year.
The story and the video are based on the content of the Chinese state television broadcast by the news agency Reuters.
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