Wild elephants damage crops and harm people in Yunnan

时间：2007-12-13 08:23:48

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Chinanews, Beijing, December 13 – According to a report by Beijing Evening News, the wild elephants that used to habit only the Shangyong Nature Reserve have started to roam the rural areas of Mengla County, where they are reported to have damaged crops and harmed people.

 

Experts believe that the shrink of their habitats and the threat of hunting have driven these animals out of the nature reserve.

 

Chen Sufen, an engineer of the Mengla County Forestry1 Station, was killed in an elephant rampage when she was investigating a field that had been damaged by wild elephants on last November 21. That field was located several km away from the nature reserve. According to local villagers, wild elephants had not appeared in the villages for at least 40 years before that accident occurred.

 

In the past, wild elephants would not walk far beyond the rim2 of the nature reserve, but now, they seek for food in nearby villages every autumn. The horde3 that caused the accident is said to be a community of 30 -50 elephants, which had also killed several heads of the local livestock4.

 
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1 forestry 8iBxk     
n.森林学；林业
参考例句：
  • At present, the Chinese forestry is being at a significant transforming period. 当前, 我国的林业正处于一个重大的转折时期。
  • Anhua is one of the key forestry counties in Hunan province. 安化县是湖南省重点林区县之一。
2 rim RXSxl     
n.(圆物的)边，轮缘；边界
参考例句：
  • The water was even with the rim of the basin.盆里的水与盆边平齐了。
  • She looked at him over the rim of her glass.她的目光越过玻璃杯的边沿看着他。
3 horde 9dLzL     
n.群众，一大群
参考例句：
  • A horde of children ran over the office building.一大群孩子在办公大楼里到处奔跑。
  • Two women were quarrelling on the street,surrounded by horde of people.有两个妇人在街上争吵，被一大群人围住了。
4 livestock c0Wx1     
n.家畜，牲畜
参考例句：
  • Both men and livestock are flourishing.人畜两旺。
  • The heavy rains and flooding killed scores of livestock.暴雨和大水淹死了许多牲口。

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