北移亞洲象群安全渡過元江

The herd of 14 wild Asian elephants roaming in southwest China's Yunnan province is approaching their traditional habitat. At about 8 pm Sunday, the herd crossed the Yuanjiang River with artificial guidance, according to the headquarters in charge of monitoring their migration.

云南北移亞洲象安全防范工作省級指揮部有關(guān)負責人表示，8月8日20時左右，14頭野生亞洲象在人工引導下安全渡過元江干流，不斷接近其原棲息地。

More efforts will be made to ensure the security of the herd on their way back, according to the headquarters.

后續(xù)，現(xiàn)場指揮部將繼續(xù)全力保障象群安全，幫助其盡快回家。

It has been around 17 months since the herd bid farewell to their original habitat in a nature reserve in Yunnan's Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture.

17個月前，象群從原棲息地——西雙版納傣族自治州一個自然保護區(qū)出走。

Wild Asian elephants, a flagship species in the rainforest, are under A-level state protection in China.

野生亞洲象是我國一級保護動物，主要生活在熱帶雨林中。

Thanks to stronger environmental and wildlife protection efforts, its population in the country has grown to about 300, mostly scattered in the province of Yunnan.

近年來我國不斷改善環(huán)境，加大野生動物保護力度，境內(nèi)野生亞洲象數(shù)量已增加到約300頭，主要分布在云南省。