Electric fence planned to prevent elephants intrusion
A 30-km solar electric fencing system will be installed in southern
Dong Nai Province's forest this year to minimise conflict between
elephants from the Natural and Cultural Reserve and nearby villagers.
A 30-km solar electric fencing system will be installed in southern
Dong Nai Province's forest this year to minimise conflict between
elephants from the Natural and Cultural Reserve and nearby villagers.
Tran Van Mui, reserve director, said that the fencing, the first of its kind in the country, is expected to protect the living environment of both the people and dwindling elephants.
"The fence system will be completely safe. It will enable the control of animals via sharp, but safe shocks, sufficiently memorable to prevent repeat offences," Mui said.
As many as 1,500 ‘danger' signs will be installed along the fence, which will include eight gates for forest rangers and people to pass through.
The province currently has more than 10 elephants, including male, female and calves, living in an area of about 30,000ha of forest protected by reserve staff.
Nearby villagers often have their crops exposed to encroaching elephants, who not only cause destruction, but also a safety risk.
Dang Thi Yen Anh, a sugarcane farmer in Phu Ly Commune, Vinh Cuu District, said the elephants continuously destroy her sugarcane, mango and cashew fields, as much as two hectares out of a total ten.
Dang Van Nhon, head of the commune's Hamlet 2, said that many households have gathered at night to light lamps and knock pots together to deter elephants, who mostly seem oblivious to the threat they pose.
"The elephants trample cultivated ground in search of food. We believe the solar fence will sufficiently hinder their moves," Mui said.
In the last three years, the province spent nearly 4 billion VND (190,000 USD) on compensation and support. Since 2009, nine elephants died in the reserve and the Tan Phu protective forest area, eight of them without a clear reason while one was shot.
Mui said the solar fence has been utilised in many countries, including India and Cambodia, with much success.
At present Vietnam has between 75-130 elephants, mainly in southern Dong Nai, central Nghe An provinces and the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak./.
Tran Van Mui, reserve director, said that the fencing, the first of its kind in the country, is expected to protect the living environment of both the people and dwindling elephants.
"The fence system will be completely safe. It will enable the control of animals via sharp, but safe shocks, sufficiently memorable to prevent repeat offences," Mui said.
As many as 1,500 ‘danger' signs will be installed along the fence, which will include eight gates for forest rangers and people to pass through.
The province currently has more than 10 elephants, including male, female and calves, living in an area of about 30,000ha of forest protected by reserve staff.
Nearby villagers often have their crops exposed to encroaching elephants, who not only cause destruction, but also a safety risk.
Dang Thi Yen Anh, a sugarcane farmer in Phu Ly Commune, Vinh Cuu District, said the elephants continuously destroy her sugarcane, mango and cashew fields, as much as two hectares out of a total ten.
Dang Van Nhon, head of the commune's Hamlet 2, said that many households have gathered at night to light lamps and knock pots together to deter elephants, who mostly seem oblivious to the threat they pose.
"The elephants trample cultivated ground in search of food. We believe the solar fence will sufficiently hinder their moves," Mui said.
In the last three years, the province spent nearly 4 billion VND (190,000 USD) on compensation and support. Since 2009, nine elephants died in the reserve and the Tan Phu protective forest area, eight of them without a clear reason while one was shot.
Mui said the solar fence has been utilised in many countries, including India and Cambodia, with much success.
At present Vietnam has between 75-130 elephants, mainly in southern Dong Nai, central Nghe An provinces and the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak./.
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