Dong Nai (VNA) – The 50km electric fence stretching across Vinh Cuu and Dinh Quan district in the southern province of Dong Nai has been unable to prevent wild elephants from looking for food in local farms.
According to the provincial Forest Protection Sub-department, since the beginning of the year, groups of wild elephants pushed past the fence, destroying a vast area of crops and orchard gardens and causing critical losses to local people.
Currently, two herds of elephants, with some six individuals each, are settled near the end of the electric fence, regularly approaching residential areas and trampling over their farming, said Le Viet Dung, deputy head of the department.
Dung said that 50km is not long enough, and that there is still space along the corridor between the residential area and wild elephants’ original habitat.
Conflicts between the elephants and people in Dong Nai province have been intensifying over recent years. The electric fence was erected in the locality as part of the Government’s project on urgent conservation of wild elephants in Dong Nai for 2014-2020.
The fence uses solar energy and a low voltage of 4.5-14 kV. Electricity is switched on and off frequently every third of a second, which helps keep the elephants at bay without inflicting harm on them.
Along the fence, there are many gates for local residents to pass through.
The fence, which was put into operation in July last year, initially prevented wild elephants from wandering into the residential areas of some 50,000 people in Vinh Cuu and Dinh Quan districts. Dung added that the fence has protected 16,000ha of forest land and orchard gardens.
The local Forest Protection Sub-department is asking the provincial People’s Committee and the Vietnam Administration of Forestry to allow construction of an additional 20km of electric fence at an estimated cost of 20 billion VND (880,000 USD).
Dong Nai province is home to some 14-16 wild elephants that are classified as endangered Asian animals in need of protection.-VNA
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Monday, July 30, 2018
Wild elephants destroyed a vast area of local crops.
The 50km electric fence stretching across Vinh Cuu and Dinh Quan district in the southern province of Dong Nai has been unable to prevent wild elephants from looking for food in local farms.
According to the provincial Forest Protection Sub-department, since the beginning of the year, groups of wild elephants pushed past the fence, destroying a vast area of crops and orchard gardens and causing critical losses to local people.
Currently, two herds of elephants, with some six individuals each, are settled near the end of the electric fence, regularly approaching residential areas and trampling over their farming, said Le Viet Dung, deputy head of the department.
Dung said that 50km is not long enough, and that there is still space along the corridor between the residential area and wild elephants’ original habitat.
Conflicts between the elephants and people in Dong Nai province have been intensifying over recent years. The electric fence was erected in the locality as part of the Government’s project on urgent conservation of wild elephants in Dong Nai for 2014-2020.
The fence uses solar energy and a low voltage of 4.5-14 kV. Electricity is switched on and off frequently every third of a second, which helps keep the elephants at bay without inflicting harm on them.
Along the fence, there are many gates for local residents to pass through.
The fence, which was put into operation in July last year, initially prevented wild elephants from wandering into the residential areas of some 50,000 people in Vinh Cuu and Dinh Quan districts. Dung added that the fence has protected 16,000ha of forest land and orchard gardens.
The local Forest Protection Sub-department is asking the provincial People’s Committee and the Vietnam Administration of Forestry to allow construction of an additional 20km of electric fence at an estimated cost of 20 billion VND (880,000 USD).
Dong Nai province is home to some 14-16 wild elephants that are classified as endangered Asian animals in need of protection.-VNA
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Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Uncompleted electric fence project sees hungry elephants reaching out
An uncompleted electric fence has been unable to prevent wild elephants from looking for food at farms and gardens in Dong Nai Province.
Chairman of the southern province's Thanh Son Commune People's Committee, Ngo Van Son said on June 10 that a group of about ten wild elephants have recently reappeared and destroyed trees and plants at some villages in the areas.
"They often flock to local farms and living communities from late afternoon until early morning to look for foods," Son said. "Some 60 households have reported damage caused by the elephants to their crops and houses since the beginning of this year."
The official said that they have sent forest rangers to come and help local people to chase the elephants using fires, lights and loud sounds.
Conflicts between wild elephants and people in some areas in Dong Nai Province have been going on for over the past ten years when the animals are losing their living area.
Since mid-2017, a 50-km solar electric fencing system was installed to minimise conflicts.
"However, about 10 kilometres in Thanh Son District has no fence so the elephants keep reaching out for foods from here," Son said.
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Sunday, March 18, 2018
Electric fence not enough to protect elephants: experts
ĐỒNG
NAI — While the erection of an electric fence has proven effective in
resolving conflicts between wild elephants and people in this
southeastern province, it is not a long-term solution, experts said.
According to Đồng Nai Province’s Forest Protection Sub-Department, a herd of 16 elephants lives on some 42,600ha of land belonging to Cát Tiên National Park, Đồng Nai Natural and Cultural
Reservation Centre and La Ngà Plantation. In the past, conflicts between local farmers and wild elephants occurred regularly as the animals would approach residential areas and destroy local crops and orchards.
However, since the launch of the elephant conservation project in 2014, conflicts have decreased substantially.
Feeling secure with the installation of an electric fence, local residents have been proactive in investing in their gardens and fields and gaining large profits, VOV.vn reported.
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According to Đồng Nai Province’s Forest Protection Sub-Department, a herd of 16 elephants lives on some 42,600ha of land belonging to Cát Tiên National Park, Đồng Nai Natural and Cultural
Reservation Centre and La Ngà Plantation. In the past, conflicts between local farmers and wild elephants occurred regularly as the animals would approach residential areas and destroy local crops and orchards.
However, since the launch of the elephant conservation project in 2014, conflicts have decreased substantially.
Feeling secure with the installation of an electric fence, local residents have been proactive in investing in their gardens and fields and gaining large profits, VOV.vn reported.
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Friday, October 27, 2017
Wild Elephants Charge Nghe An Village
According to Nguyen Van Trang, authority of Phuc Son Commune People’s Committee, a elephants went into a encampment during around 11 pm when it was raining heavily. The elephants broken a crops of Phan Van Dai in Bai Da Village.
Upon finding a elephants, Dai called his neighbours to assistance follow a elephants away. However, a elephants kept destroying dual hectares of acacia and many other trees. Dai pronounced a elephants also stormed a encampment final October.
The internal authorities also arrived to follow a elephants divided with drums and glow though a outcome was ineffective. The elephants usually lapse to a timberland during 2 am. According to a internal authorities, a elephants might live in Pu Mat National Park and had left into a encampment in 2014 and 2016. They had broken many crops in Anh Son and Thanh Chuong districts.
There are about 13 elephants in Pu Mat National Park and they started venturing out to a villages due to dwindling timberland land and food.
Talking with VNExpress, Tran Xuan Cuong, executive of Pu Mat National Park, pronounced Phuc Son Commune used to have lots of bamboo though they have been transposed with industrial trees recently.
“It’s probable that a elephants usually returned to their feeding place,” he said.
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Upon finding a elephants, Dai called his neighbours to assistance follow a elephants away. However, a elephants kept destroying dual hectares of acacia and many other trees. Dai pronounced a elephants also stormed a encampment final October.
The internal authorities also arrived to follow a elephants divided with drums and glow though a outcome was ineffective. The elephants usually lapse to a timberland during 2 am. According to a internal authorities, a elephants might live in Pu Mat National Park and had left into a encampment in 2014 and 2016. They had broken many crops in Anh Son and Thanh Chuong districts.
There are about 13 elephants in Pu Mat National Park and they started venturing out to a villages due to dwindling timberland land and food.
Talking with VNExpress, Tran Xuan Cuong, executive of Pu Mat National Park, pronounced Phuc Son Commune used to have lots of bamboo though they have been transposed with industrial trees recently.
“It’s probable that a elephants usually returned to their feeding place,” he said.
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Thursday, September 14, 2017
Wild and tame elephants in Đắk Lắk’s clash for food
There have been at least five clashes recently between wild elephants in search of food and tame elephants in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk’s Buôn Đôn District.
Most recently, on Monday, a herd with seven wild elephants attacked and injured two tame elephants at Forest Management Station No. 6 in Yok Đôn National Forest.
Huỳnh Trung Luân, director of the provincial Elephant Preservation Centre, said on Thursday that statistics with the centre from March till date shows the five conflicts occurred as wild elephants have been coming closer to human inhabitations such as forest management stations and local residents’ fields in search of food. So far, seven tame elephants have been injured, and one has died.
Luân said this problem is the result of the decline in forest area; wild elephants move towards inhabitations as they cannot find sufficient food in the forests. Another reason is that when wild male elephants are in rut, they are very violent and they attack the tame male elephants to get access to the females.
To reduce such conflicts, the centre has asked the tame elephants’ owners and tourism businesses using tame elephants to take steps to protect their elephants better, and not let their elephants wander into areas where wild elephants are typically spotted. Also, the tame elephants should not be chained in the forest in the evening, instead they should be brought home and protected, Luân said.
If there are such conflicts, residents should report the incident to the centre or local authorities who can step in and drive away the wild herds safely.
In the past few decades, the number of tame elephants in Đắk Lắk has seen a serious decline, from 502 in 1980 to the current 43. The main reason for this is that the number of tame elephants that bear a calf is few. At present, one female elephant is pregnant and expected to deliver next month, a positive sign as this is the first time in 30 years that a tame elephant in the province will bear a calf.
The Đắk Lắk Elephant Preservation Centre has joined hands with foreign experts to create conducive conditions for female elephants to bear calves.
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Most recently, on Monday, a herd with seven wild elephants attacked and injured two tame elephants at Forest Management Station No. 6 in Yok Đôn National Forest.
Huỳnh Trung Luân, director of the provincial Elephant Preservation Centre, said on Thursday that statistics with the centre from March till date shows the five conflicts occurred as wild elephants have been coming closer to human inhabitations such as forest management stations and local residents’ fields in search of food. So far, seven tame elephants have been injured, and one has died.
Luân said this problem is the result of the decline in forest area; wild elephants move towards inhabitations as they cannot find sufficient food in the forests. Another reason is that when wild male elephants are in rut, they are very violent and they attack the tame male elephants to get access to the females.
To reduce such conflicts, the centre has asked the tame elephants’ owners and tourism businesses using tame elephants to take steps to protect their elephants better, and not let their elephants wander into areas where wild elephants are typically spotted. Also, the tame elephants should not be chained in the forest in the evening, instead they should be brought home and protected, Luân said.
If there are such conflicts, residents should report the incident to the centre or local authorities who can step in and drive away the wild herds safely.
In the past few decades, the number of tame elephants in Đắk Lắk has seen a serious decline, from 502 in 1980 to the current 43. The main reason for this is that the number of tame elephants that bear a calf is few. At present, one female elephant is pregnant and expected to deliver next month, a positive sign as this is the first time in 30 years that a tame elephant in the province will bear a calf.
The Đắk Lắk Elephant Preservation Centre has joined hands with foreign experts to create conducive conditions for female elephants to bear calves.
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Sunday, September 03, 2017
Dong Nai tests electric fence to protect elephants
A 50km long electric fence has been put into operation on a trial basis to prevent wild elephants from wandering into residential areas in the southern province of Dong Nai, according to the provincial Forest Protection Sub-Department.
The 2.2m high electric fence runs across Vinh Cuu district’s Ma Da and Phu Ly communes and Dinh Quan district’s Thanh Son commune,.
Electricity is regularly switched on and off every one third of a second, which helps keep the elephants at bay while not inflicting harm on them.
Along the fence there are many gates for local residents to pass through.
The fence was built at total cost of 85 billion VND (3.7 million USD) sourced from state and local budgets.
Dong Nai province’s forest is currently home to about 15 wild elephants. In recent years, there have been increasing conflicts between local farmers and wild elephants as the animals approached residential areas and destroyed local crops and orchards. In the past seven years, nine wild elephants died and one person was killed by elephants.
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Thursday, August 17, 2017
Giant electric fence shocks wild elephants away from farmland in southern Vietnam
Vietnam’s southern province of Dong Nai is looking to end clashes between farmers and elephants by keeping the animals at bay with electric fences.
Government officials in the province, which neighbors Saigon, have installed an electric fence that runs 50 kilometers (31 miles) as a barrier between local farms and residential areas and the elephants.
The fence has been in place for more than a month, and can release an electric charge of between 4.5 and 14 kilovolts, they said.
“The elephants tend to return to the jungle when they encounter the fence,” said Le Viet Dung, deputy chief of Dong Nai’s Forest Management Department.
Dung said the fence only emmits a short charge for a third of the second, which is not enough to harm the animals.
“It only scares the elephants and keeps them away,” he said.
The fence is part of a VND74 billion ($3.25 million) project started in 2013 aimed at protecting the giant beasts and avoiding deadly encounters with farmers.
According to figures from conservation organizations, Vietnam’s wild elephant population has shrunk by 95 percent since 1975 to less than 100. At least 23 wild elephants have died over the past seven years, and nearly 75 percent of them were less than a year old.
Experts said that plantations near their natural habitats are the biggest threat to their survival. The same problem has been reported in Yok Don Park in the Central Highlands, which is home to the largest group of wild elephants in Vietnam.
Van Ngoc Thinh, director of WWF Vietnam, said in a statement in December: “The big animals need a giant habitat, but theirs has become narrow and unsafe.”
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Government officials in the province, which neighbors Saigon, have installed an electric fence that runs 50 kilometers (31 miles) as a barrier between local farms and residential areas and the elephants.
The fence has been in place for more than a month, and can release an electric charge of between 4.5 and 14 kilovolts, they said.
“The elephants tend to return to the jungle when they encounter the fence,” said Le Viet Dung, deputy chief of Dong Nai’s Forest Management Department.
Dung said the fence only emmits a short charge for a third of the second, which is not enough to harm the animals.
“It only scares the elephants and keeps them away,” he said.
The fence is part of a VND74 billion ($3.25 million) project started in 2013 aimed at protecting the giant beasts and avoiding deadly encounters with farmers.
According to figures from conservation organizations, Vietnam’s wild elephant population has shrunk by 95 percent since 1975 to less than 100. At least 23 wild elephants have died over the past seven years, and nearly 75 percent of them were less than a year old.
Experts said that plantations near their natural habitats are the biggest threat to their survival. The same problem has been reported in Yok Don Park in the Central Highlands, which is home to the largest group of wild elephants in Vietnam.
Van Ngoc Thinh, director of WWF Vietnam, said in a statement in December: “The big animals need a giant habitat, but theirs has become narrow and unsafe.”
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Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Dong Nai farmers lose crops due to wild elephants
Farmers in the southern province of Dong Nai are complaining about their crops being damaged by a large herd of hungry wild elephants.
According to forest rangers in Dinh Quan District, a herd of between 12-15 wild elephants made some 7-8 visits to 28 farms between February and March this year and destroyed everything there, despite the efforts of local farmers to chase them away.
A local farmer, Nguyen Van Khoi, said wild elephants ate up over 400 banana trees which are valued at VND40 million (USD1.764) in just one night on March 10.
“My bananas were all nearly ripe and we had expected a large crop but then we lost everything in a single night,” Khoi said.
Another farmer, Ngo Quang Truong complained about dozens of 10-year-old cashew trees together with many farming tools being destroyed by the elephants.
Farmer Do Van Dinh suffered the biggest losses with a three-hectare farm with 1,500 banana trees, 300 black pepper trees, among others totally destroyed when the hungry wild animals came out of the forest to seek for food.
According to forest rangers in Dinh Quan District, a herd of between 12-15 wild elephants made some 7-8 visits to 28 farms between February and March this year and destroyed everything there, despite the efforts of local farmers to chase them away.
A local farmer, Nguyen Van Khoi, said wild elephants ate up over 400 banana trees which are valued at VND40 million (USD1.764) in just one night on March 10.
“My bananas were all nearly ripe and we had expected a large crop but then we lost everything in a single night,” Khoi said.
Another farmer, Ngo Quang Truong complained about dozens of 10-year-old cashew trees together with many farming tools being destroyed by the elephants.
Farmer Do Van Dinh suffered the biggest losses with a three-hectare farm with 1,500 banana trees, 300 black pepper trees, among others totally destroyed when the hungry wild animals came out of the forest to seek for food.
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Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Wild elephants spotted in Quang Nam
Tran Van Sang, Chairman of Nong Son District’s Que Lam People’s Committee, said that many people in Cam La Village saw the elephants near their fields after the Tet holiday. They shot a short video clip and took photos of the elephants to report their presence to local authorities.
The herd, which includes a small elephant, has been seen in Cam La Village’s forest area many times, worrying people.
Sang said that the commune warned local people not to bother the elephants.
They are also provided with some skills to safely drive the elephants away.
According to the Vietnam Administration of Forestry, Nong Son District is one of 15 areas in the country that still have populations of wild elephants. Earlier, Quang Nam Province submitted a proposal to the administration to establish an elephant conservation site in the district, aiming to help conserve the wild population and reduce human-elephant conflicts.
The Vietnam Administration of Forestry’s Environment Conservation Department said that wild elephant population in Vietnam has been on the fall because of loss of habitat and poaching.
In natural forests, there is not enough food for them to survive and so they have to move to the surrounding cultivated areas to forage for food, sparking off conflicts with humans, he said.
The department estimates that there are around 100 wild elephants in the country.
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The herd, which includes a small elephant, has been seen in Cam La Village’s forest area many times, worrying people.
Sang said that the commune warned local people not to bother the elephants.
They are also provided with some skills to safely drive the elephants away.
According to the Vietnam Administration of Forestry, Nong Son District is one of 15 areas in the country that still have populations of wild elephants. Earlier, Quang Nam Province submitted a proposal to the administration to establish an elephant conservation site in the district, aiming to help conserve the wild population and reduce human-elephant conflicts.
The Vietnam Administration of Forestry’s Environment Conservation Department said that wild elephant population in Vietnam has been on the fall because of loss of habitat and poaching.
In natural forests, there is not enough food for them to survive and so they have to move to the surrounding cultivated areas to forage for food, sparking off conflicts with humans, he said.
The department estimates that there are around 100 wild elephants in the country.
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Friday, March 24, 2017
Vietnam seeks ways to protect elephants
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is estimated to have 120 wild elephants and 45 domesticated ones, which are feared to disappear one day from the country without timely conservation action.
As wild elephants in Vietnam are on the verge of extinction, the World Wide Fund for Nature in Vietnam, better known as WWF Vietnam, and Yok Don National Park (YDNP) have pledged to embark on an emergency action plan until 2020 to protect elephants in the area.
WWF Vietnam said in a press release that the aim is to enhance law enforcement and minimize human-elephant conflict by taking into account the seasonal migration patterns of elephants and forest-reliant livelihoods for locals.
In fact, the launch of an elephant conservation program in Vietnam is an urgent step, as local authorities have seized tons of ivory smuggled into Vietnam. This had raised public concerns that smugglers will turn to domestic ivory supplies to meet their demand.
Early this year, there were 48 tamed elephants in Daklak Province, but three have died. Meanwhile, the number of wild elephants is estimated at some 120, with around 70 in YDNP alone, said the national steering committee of the elephant conservation.
The country’s herd of wild elephants has declined by a sharp 95% in 40 years from 1975 to 2015. In Daklak alone, at least 23 wild elephants have been found dead in the 2009-2016 period, accounting for 25% of the total, of which nearly 75% are less-than-12-month ones, according to the Vietnam Administration of Forestry under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The Central Highlands is home to the largest forest elephant population in Vietnam, making up 70% of the total. Therefore, the protection of the elephants in the area will be the most effective conservation solution to Vietnam’s Asian wild elephants.
Van Ngoc Thinh, country director of WWF Vietnam, said elephants require large-scale and seamless wildlife habitats to live and develop. Their living environment and migration corridors have been increasingly narrow and unsafe.
To protect elephants, WWF Vietnam will apply the spatial monitoring and reporting tool (SMART) to measure data, monitor elephant herds and relevant conservation activities at the park.
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As wild elephants in Vietnam are on the verge of extinction, the World Wide Fund for Nature in Vietnam, better known as WWF Vietnam, and Yok Don National Park (YDNP) have pledged to embark on an emergency action plan until 2020 to protect elephants in the area.
WWF Vietnam said in a press release that the aim is to enhance law enforcement and minimize human-elephant conflict by taking into account the seasonal migration patterns of elephants and forest-reliant livelihoods for locals.
In fact, the launch of an elephant conservation program in Vietnam is an urgent step, as local authorities have seized tons of ivory smuggled into Vietnam. This had raised public concerns that smugglers will turn to domestic ivory supplies to meet their demand.
Early this year, there were 48 tamed elephants in Daklak Province, but three have died. Meanwhile, the number of wild elephants is estimated at some 120, with around 70 in YDNP alone, said the national steering committee of the elephant conservation.
The country’s herd of wild elephants has declined by a sharp 95% in 40 years from 1975 to 2015. In Daklak alone, at least 23 wild elephants have been found dead in the 2009-2016 period, accounting for 25% of the total, of which nearly 75% are less-than-12-month ones, according to the Vietnam Administration of Forestry under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The Central Highlands is home to the largest forest elephant population in Vietnam, making up 70% of the total. Therefore, the protection of the elephants in the area will be the most effective conservation solution to Vietnam’s Asian wild elephants.
Van Ngoc Thinh, country director of WWF Vietnam, said elephants require large-scale and seamless wildlife habitats to live and develop. Their living environment and migration corridors have been increasingly narrow and unsafe.
To protect elephants, WWF Vietnam will apply the spatial monitoring and reporting tool (SMART) to measure data, monitor elephant herds and relevant conservation activities at the park.
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Friday, January 06, 2017
Declining forested land triggers elephant conflict
The continual erosion of forested land by local people has narrowed the living space for elephants in Dong Nai Province, leading to more conflict. In addition, the province’s elephant conservation project has still proceeded at a very slow pace.
Between 2009 and 2011, up to nine elephants died in the southern province of Dong Nai, which were initially suspected of being killed by people.
Recently, the only elephant in Tan Phu protective forest was also killed.
According to the forest management board, for many years, the elephants have destroyed sugarcane and crops grown by people.
Conservationists warned that if more elephants continue to be killed, the species faces extinction in Dong Nai.
Local people often use traditional methods to drive elephants away such as setting fire on cloths soaked with petrol or throwing small gas tank into them to cause explosions. However, these actions have made elephants more aggressive, which results in more conflicts with people.
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Between 2009 and 2011, up to nine elephants died in the southern province of Dong Nai, which were initially suspected of being killed by people.
Recently, the only elephant in Tan Phu protective forest was also killed.
According to the forest management board, for many years, the elephants have destroyed sugarcane and crops grown by people.
Conservationists warned that if more elephants continue to be killed, the species faces extinction in Dong Nai.
Local people often use traditional methods to drive elephants away such as setting fire on cloths soaked with petrol or throwing small gas tank into them to cause explosions. However, these actions have made elephants more aggressive, which results in more conflicts with people.
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Elephants destroy crops in Vietnam
In certain parts of Vietnam farmers are having to deal with a peculiar pest, much larger than the usual a farmer has to deal with. According to the Quick-reaction Task Force in the Phu Ly commune of Vinh Cuu district, from January to April 2016, wild elephants entered residential quarters 69 times and caused 71 cases of crop damage.
They damaged 4.7 hectares of cassava, 2.1 hectares of sugarcane and 22 tons of fruits. Hoang Thi Thuy from Phu Ly commune complained that elephants ‘visited’ her house several times. They not only ate mango, but damaged 20 10-year-old trees that had brought a stable income.
Thuy said that each mango tree produces 100 kilos of fruit. With the average price of VND5,000 per kilo, Thuy can earn VND500,000 each crop. As such, Thuy loses about VND10 million a year, the main source of income of her family.
In 2008-2013, the people’s committees of Vinh Cuu and Dinh Quan districts had to spend VND12 billion to support people in the areas attacked by elephants.
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They damaged 4.7 hectares of cassava, 2.1 hectares of sugarcane and 22 tons of fruits. Hoang Thi Thuy from Phu Ly commune complained that elephants ‘visited’ her house several times. They not only ate mango, but damaged 20 10-year-old trees that had brought a stable income.
Thuy said that each mango tree produces 100 kilos of fruit. With the average price of VND5,000 per kilo, Thuy can earn VND500,000 each crop. As such, Thuy loses about VND10 million a year, the main source of income of her family.
In 2008-2013, the people’s committees of Vinh Cuu and Dinh Quan districts had to spend VND12 billion to support people in the areas attacked by elephants.
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Sunday, November 13, 2016
Wild elephants destroy crops in Đắk Lắk
HCM CITY – A herd of about 20 wild elephants looking for food have raided fields in Drang Phốk Village in the Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) province of Đắk Lắk.
The herd destroyed more than three hectares of cassava, corn and sugarcane in Drang Phốk Village in Buôn Đôn District’s Krông Na Commune.
Đỗ Viết Thụ, deputy director of Đắk Lắk Elephant Conservation Centre, said on Wednesday that he had told nine groups of local security guards to protect the village after the herd began to destroy crops on November 7-8.
“The herd of wild elephants appeared in the area between Yok Đôn National Park and fields of local residents. It’s the rainy season so the wild elephants often are in groups. To protect them, we use typical methods to chase them away by beating gongs and burning fires,” Thụ said.
This is the third time this year that wild elephants have foraged for food and destroyed crops of residents at Drang Phốk Village. On August 18, a herd of 15 elephants damaged more than 10 hectares of crops.
The centre is checking the damage caused by the wild elephants, and will propose measures to help local residents.-VNS
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The herd destroyed more than three hectares of cassava, corn and sugarcane in Drang Phốk Village in Buôn Đôn District’s Krông Na Commune.
Đỗ Viết Thụ, deputy director of Đắk Lắk Elephant Conservation Centre, said on Wednesday that he had told nine groups of local security guards to protect the village after the herd began to destroy crops on November 7-8.
“The herd of wild elephants appeared in the area between Yok Đôn National Park and fields of local residents. It’s the rainy season so the wild elephants often are in groups. To protect them, we use typical methods to chase them away by beating gongs and burning fires,” Thụ said.
This is the third time this year that wild elephants have foraged for food and destroyed crops of residents at Drang Phốk Village. On August 18, a herd of 15 elephants damaged more than 10 hectares of crops.
The centre is checking the damage caused by the wild elephants, and will propose measures to help local residents.-VNS
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Friday, November 11, 2016
Elephants destroy crops in Dak Lak
On November 9, Do Duong Thu, deputy director of Dak Lak Elephant Conservation Centre said the authorities and locals successfully chased away the elephants. However, the authorities are still on guard as the elephants are still living near the Yok Don National Park and the fields of local people.
From November 8, a herd of 15 elephants suddenly went into the fields in Drang Phok Village to find food and damaged crops, most of them are sugarcane, corn and cassava.
Dak Lak Elephant Conservation Centre had worked with local authorities to chase the elephants back to the forest.
On August 17 and 18, a herd of 20 elephants also went out of the forest to find food and damaged large areas of crops in Drang Phok Village.
From November 8, a herd of 15 elephants suddenly went into the fields in Drang Phok Village to find food and damaged crops, most of them are sugarcane, corn and cassava.
Dak Lak Elephant Conservation Centre had worked with local authorities to chase the elephants back to the forest.
On August 17 and 18, a herd of 20 elephants also went out of the forest to find food and damaged large areas of crops in Drang Phok Village.
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Friday, May 08, 2009
Rogue elephants terrorise Dong Nai
VNS
April 25, 2009
DONG NAI — A herd of wild elephants recently gone astray is becoming increasingly bolder, encroaching on inhabited land in southern Dong Nai Province’s Vinh Cuu District, according to officials.
The 13 elephants, which are being kept unfenced in Cat Tien National Park in Central Highland province of Lam Dong, left the park in search of food, Tran Van Mui, the park director, has said.
According to local residents, the elephants have grown increasingly bolder, from foraging for crops in 2007, when they first appeared, to trespassing on villages and destroying houses last year.
This year, the herd appeared every day during the fist 10 days of March, both night and day, trampling fields and damaging houses after devouring fields of plants.
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April 25, 2009
DONG NAI — A herd of wild elephants recently gone astray is becoming increasingly bolder, encroaching on inhabited land in southern Dong Nai Province’s Vinh Cuu District, according to officials.
The 13 elephants, which are being kept unfenced in Cat Tien National Park in Central Highland province of Lam Dong, left the park in search of food, Tran Van Mui, the park director, has said.
According to local residents, the elephants have grown increasingly bolder, from foraging for crops in 2007, when they first appeared, to trespassing on villages and destroying houses last year.
This year, the herd appeared every day during the fist 10 days of March, both night and day, trampling fields and damaging houses after devouring fields of plants.
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Sunday, March 15, 2009
Wild elephants threaten Dak Lak villagers
VietNamNet
February 22, 2009
VietNamNet Bridge - Around 54 wild elephants have recently been spotted roaming Ia R’ve border commune in Ea Sup district, in the central highlands province of Dak Lak, looking for food and causing local residents to worry about the risk of possible attacks.
Residents of Ia R’ve have reported sightings of two herds of 18 elephants approaching villages to search for fruit and other food in July and August, 2008.
Several months later, those elephants joined by another herd, consisting of 36 elephants, which came within 50-100 m of the commune, causing the villagers to run away to a safer place.
In the past, wild elephants used to visit this commune, looking for food but they always left quickly after local residents made noises or lit fires.
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February 22, 2009
VietNamNet Bridge - Around 54 wild elephants have recently been spotted roaming Ia R’ve border commune in Ea Sup district, in the central highlands province of Dak Lak, looking for food and causing local residents to worry about the risk of possible attacks.
Residents of Ia R’ve have reported sightings of two herds of 18 elephants approaching villages to search for fruit and other food in July and August, 2008.
Several months later, those elephants joined by another herd, consisting of 36 elephants, which came within 50-100 m of the commune, causing the villagers to run away to a safer place.
In the past, wild elephants used to visit this commune, looking for food but they always left quickly after local residents made noises or lit fires.
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Friday, September 05, 2008
Central farmers lose crops to elephants
Thanh Nien News
August 4, 2008
Seven members of Y Ngo’s family in the central province of Dak Lak depend on one hectare of farmland.
But their farm is all but destroyed, damaged by severe drought and wild elephants.
“The area they trample destroys 10 times more than what they eat and there is no way rice can survive being stepped on by elephants,” said Ngo, a farmer in Ba Na Village of Ia J’loi Commune in the province’s Ea Sup District.
For the past two weeks the 82 households of seven ethnic minority groups in Ba Na Village have been disturbed, usually at night, by wild elephants from a nearby forest that come and trample their farmland.
The farmers can only make noise – from a safe distance – to try to shoo the elephants away.
But this tactic stopped working after only a few days.
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August 4, 2008
Seven members of Y Ngo’s family in the central province of Dak Lak depend on one hectare of farmland.
But their farm is all but destroyed, damaged by severe drought and wild elephants.
“The area they trample destroys 10 times more than what they eat and there is no way rice can survive being stepped on by elephants,” said Ngo, a farmer in Ba Na Village of Ia J’loi Commune in the province’s Ea Sup District.
For the past two weeks the 82 households of seven ethnic minority groups in Ba Na Village have been disturbed, usually at night, by wild elephants from a nearby forest that come and trample their farmland.
The farmers can only make noise – from a safe distance – to try to shoo the elephants away.
But this tactic stopped working after only a few days.
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Friday, August 01, 2008
Wild elephants destroy crops
Viet Nam News
July 20, 2008
A herd of 40 elephants over the past few days destroyed over 30 hectares of crops in Ea R’loi and Ea Lop Village in the Central Highlands province of Dac Lac.
According to Ea R’Loi’s People’s Committee, the animals have been showing up in the area since 2005. They usually roam around, destroying crops in the process, for a few days before leaving.
No casualities were reported.
July 20, 2008
A herd of 40 elephants over the past few days destroyed over 30 hectares of crops in Ea R’loi and Ea Lop Village in the Central Highlands province of Dac Lac.
According to Ea R’Loi’s People’s Committee, the animals have been showing up in the area since 2005. They usually roam around, destroying crops in the process, for a few days before leaving.
No casualities were reported.
Friday, July 04, 2008
Wild elephants run amok in central highlands
Thanh Nien News
June 27, 2008
A herd of about 10 rampaging wild elephants have destroyed a newly-planted rubber tree plantation and threatened the lives of local people in Central Highland’s Gia Lai Province.
The elephants devastated crops near the forest edge at Chu Se District in Gia Lai Province and Ea Hleo District in Dak Lak Province over the past three days.
“We were on our way from the rubber plantation to the camp when a group of about ten elephants approached,” a worker from Phuc Cuong Company’s rubber forest in Chu Se District said.
“The elephants were very fierce and destroyed all the trees in their way.
We had to run for our lives after one of them saw us and roared,” he said.
Reports said the elephants had also terrorized others who went into the forest
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