Video PlayerClose A pair of wild elephants destroy an electricity pole in southwest China’s Yunnan Province. (Xinhua) How villagers and farmers in Yunnan are learning to coexist with the largest animals that walk the earth. KUNMING, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) — Extending their trunks toward a giant table, a group of garlanded Asian elephants glutted themselves with fresh carrots, pineapples, dragon fruit and watermelons. They are celebrating their big day — World Elephant Day — which falls on Aug. 12 every year. Visitors took pictures with these giant land animals at the Wild Elephant Valley scenic spot in Dai Autonomous Prefecture of Xishuangbanna, southwest China’s Yunnan Province. However, since June, 16 wild Asian elephants have occupied a farmland and unscrupulously munched unripe sugar cane and corn in Longzhupeng Village, Menghai County in Xishuangbanna, one of their primary habitats. The incident is only a microcosm of the conflict between humans and wild elephants in recent years, with the latter walking into villages, gnawing on crops, damaging houses and threatening people’s lives. The elephants, too, are facing new challenges that threaten their safety and lives due to human activities. HUMAN VS ELEPHANT The Asian elephants are under Class-A protection in China and are… Read full this story
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