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Monday, October 22, 2018
Wild elephants breaking into paddy fields successfully driven into forest reserve in Myanmar
YANGON, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Three wild elephants breaking into paddy, corn and banana fields in Yekyi township, Myanmar's southwestern Ayeyawaddy region, has been successfully driven into forest reserve, the official Global New Light of Myanmar reported Monday.
A combined team of Myanmar Timber Enterprise's Emergency Response Units and local authorities managed to send the elephants into forest reserve after three hours' tracing on Saturday in the forest, north of Mayagon village, Laymyatnar township.
In order to find food, the three wild elephants broke into the fields on last Tuesday evening and spent for three days and four nights there, but resulted in no physical damage to human and houses, the report said.
Myanmar government has planned to conduct a 10-year action plan on elephant conservation (2018-2027), which is aimed at preventing a decrease in the number of wildlife elephants and a reduction of their pasture land.
The action plan covers protection of wild elephants and their pasture land, solving human-elephant conflict, prevention of and enforcing action against illegal trading of elephants and their body parts as well as managing tame elephants.
According to reports, the number of wild elephants in Myanmar has dropped due to fewer wild elephant corridors, a reduction of their pasture land and human-elephant conflict.
Besides, illegal hunting and wildlife trading are two of the reasons for the declination in the elephant number, the report added.
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Wild elephants breaking into paddy fields successfully driven into forest reserve in Myanmar
YANGON, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Three wild elephants breaking into paddy, corn and banana fields in Yekyi township, Myanmar's southwestern Ayeyawaddy region, has been successfully driven into forest reserve, the official Global New Light of Myanmar reported Monday.
A combined team of Myanmar Timber Enterprise's Emergency Response Units and local authorities managed to send the elephants into forest reserve after three hours' tracing on Saturday in the forest, north of Mayagon village, Laymyatnar township.
In order to find food, the three wild elephants broke into the fields on last Tuesday evening and spent for three days and four nights there, but resulted in no physical damage to human and houses, the report said.
Myanmar government has planned to conduct a 10-year action plan on elephant conservation (2018-2027), which is aimed at preventing a decrease in the number of wildlife elephants and a reduction of their pasture land.
The action plan covers protection of wild elephants and their pasture land, solving human-elephant conflict, prevention of and enforcing action against illegal trading of elephants and their body parts as well as managing tame elephants.
According to reports, the number of wild elephants in Myanmar has dropped due to fewer wild elephant corridors, a reduction of their pasture land and human-elephant conflict.
Besides, illegal hunting and wildlife trading are two of the reasons for the declination in the elephant number, the report added. Enditem
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Monday, January 08, 2018
Locals Seek Police Assistance to Deter Rampaging Elephant
A wild elephant has been on a rampage through several villages in the west of Pathein Township in Irrawaddy Region as of Tuesday, and locals are afraid.
“That elephant is really wild and not afraid of humans. It stamped a pig to death in Kyun Kalay village and also destroyed a house in Ywathit village. We locals are scared that it could hurt us,” U Hla Htay, the administrator of Kyaukphya village tract, told The Irrawaddy.
Forestry police and personnel of the Pathein Township Forestry Department arrived in the village tract on Friday after locals sought help. The forestry department brought four tamed elephants to help drive it back to the forest.
Wild elephants visit farms for food usually from the paddy harvest in November to around May before the rainy season starts, according to locals.
“As people cut down trees excessively, it causes deforestation, and elephants are devoid of foods. They are losing their habitats. So, they come to human settlements to eat paddy, banana and other crops grown by the people, resulting in human-elephant conflict,” said Sai Zaw Oo, a supervisor of the Myanmar Elephant Lovers Association, a local community-based organization based in Ngapudaw Township.
“At the same time, this has given elephant poachers the opportunity to hunt wild elephants that come and search for food,” he added.
Last year, a herd of wild elephants came and ate crops grown by locals around Ngwe Saung Beach in the west of Pathein Township, and four local villagers were killed in resultant human-elephant conflicts, according to the Ngwe Saung Beach police station.
In June this year, non-governmental organizations, forestry police and Myanma Timber Enterprise formed a team tasked with scaring away elephants from human settlements and preventing them from being hunted by poachers. The team carries out regular patrols across the forests with tamed elephants.
According to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Conservation, 18 wild elephants were poached in Myanmar in 2016 whereas about 30 elephants have been hunted as of Aug. 31 this year.
The elephant population of the country is now estimated to be between 1,400 and 2,000—a significant decrease from about 10,000 in the 1940s, according to the Forestry Department.
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“That elephant is really wild and not afraid of humans. It stamped a pig to death in Kyun Kalay village and also destroyed a house in Ywathit village. We locals are scared that it could hurt us,” U Hla Htay, the administrator of Kyaukphya village tract, told The Irrawaddy.
Forestry police and personnel of the Pathein Township Forestry Department arrived in the village tract on Friday after locals sought help. The forestry department brought four tamed elephants to help drive it back to the forest.
Wild elephants visit farms for food usually from the paddy harvest in November to around May before the rainy season starts, according to locals.
“As people cut down trees excessively, it causes deforestation, and elephants are devoid of foods. They are losing their habitats. So, they come to human settlements to eat paddy, banana and other crops grown by the people, resulting in human-elephant conflict,” said Sai Zaw Oo, a supervisor of the Myanmar Elephant Lovers Association, a local community-based organization based in Ngapudaw Township.
“At the same time, this has given elephant poachers the opportunity to hunt wild elephants that come and search for food,” he added.
Last year, a herd of wild elephants came and ate crops grown by locals around Ngwe Saung Beach in the west of Pathein Township, and four local villagers were killed in resultant human-elephant conflicts, according to the Ngwe Saung Beach police station.
In June this year, non-governmental organizations, forestry police and Myanma Timber Enterprise formed a team tasked with scaring away elephants from human settlements and preventing them from being hunted by poachers. The team carries out regular patrols across the forests with tamed elephants.
According to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Conservation, 18 wild elephants were poached in Myanmar in 2016 whereas about 30 elephants have been hunted as of Aug. 31 this year.
The elephant population of the country is now estimated to be between 1,400 and 2,000—a significant decrease from about 10,000 in the 1940s, according to the Forestry Department.
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Thursday, December 14, 2017
Wild elephants destroy houses, paddy plantation in Ayeyawady
PATHEIN- Wild elephants on October 16 entered the villages near Nankathu Dam in Ingapu Township, Ayeyawady Region and destroyed houses and paddy plantations, said villagers.
Informed by the villagers, the Forest Department tried to drive out the wild elephants by using two tamed elephants. But the tamed elephants joined the wild elephants, increasing their number to eight.
Attempts to drive them away have been suspended, and over 100 acres of fields and seven houses have been destroyed.
“We have never seen wild elephants come into our region,” said Kanyutkwin villager Phoe Khwei, age 60. “It is impossible to see elephants outside the village. But now, wild elephants have arrived in our village and they ate our paddy plantations.”
Loss of the plantations is a big financial problem for the small villages. The rice was purchased through loans from the Agricultural Bank.
Locals have met with officials from the Ayeyawady Regional Government Committee’s Office, said Win Tin from Thetyetoak village. “In our group, there are about 12 villagers who lost paddies. Some left the village because they can’t afford transportation charges.
“First, there are about six wild elephants. Later, they were joined by two tamed elephants from the Forest Department. Even the elephant keeper was attacked. The elephants go around the village at night. So, we had to threaten them by igniting bamboo. It’s been over 50 days. We have already suffered from loss of our paddy plantations and are afraid of them.”
The villagers from Kanyutkwin village on November 29 formally asked Ba Hein, the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Resources and Environmental Conservation of the Ayeyawady Region Government Committee to help them .
Ba Hein replied that he would be arriving in Kanyutkwin village on December 1, and would settle the problem of wild elephants as soon as possible, according to the villagers.
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Informed by the villagers, the Forest Department tried to drive out the wild elephants by using two tamed elephants. But the tamed elephants joined the wild elephants, increasing their number to eight.
Attempts to drive them away have been suspended, and over 100 acres of fields and seven houses have been destroyed.
“We have never seen wild elephants come into our region,” said Kanyutkwin villager Phoe Khwei, age 60. “It is impossible to see elephants outside the village. But now, wild elephants have arrived in our village and they ate our paddy plantations.”
Loss of the plantations is a big financial problem for the small villages. The rice was purchased through loans from the Agricultural Bank.
Locals have met with officials from the Ayeyawady Regional Government Committee’s Office, said Win Tin from Thetyetoak village. “In our group, there are about 12 villagers who lost paddies. Some left the village because they can’t afford transportation charges.
“First, there are about six wild elephants. Later, they were joined by two tamed elephants from the Forest Department. Even the elephant keeper was attacked. The elephants go around the village at night. So, we had to threaten them by igniting bamboo. It’s been over 50 days. We have already suffered from loss of our paddy plantations and are afraid of them.”
The villagers from Kanyutkwin village on November 29 formally asked Ba Hein, the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Resources and Environmental Conservation of the Ayeyawady Region Government Committee to help them .
Ba Hein replied that he would be arriving in Kanyutkwin village on December 1, and would settle the problem of wild elephants as soon as possible, according to the villagers.
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