Wild elephants enter people's homes in search of food.

In Nghe An province, a wild elephant entered the gardens of several households in Nam Son commune, Quy Hop district, trampling on crops and then going inside houses in search of food.

Mr. Luong Van Biet, Chairman of Nam Son commune, Quy Hop district, said that in the early morning of June 11, an elephant entered a villager's garden, about a few dozen meters from the edge of the forest. It knocked over several wooden planks used for flooring in a family's house, ate all the banana trees, and then left.

The villagers shouted, beat drums, and lit fires to drive the elephants back into the forest.

Wild elephants enter people's homes in search of food.

Wild elephants entered people's homes in Nam Son commune in search of food in the early morning of June 11th. Video : Hung Le

Authorities in Quy Hop district have identified this as a female elephant, which has lived in the forest bordering Nam Son and Bac Son villages for decades. "The elephant occasionally comes down to residential areas to destroy crops and search for food, but it doesn't harm people. The government regularly educates people to be vigilant and find safe ways to scare away elephants when they see them," said the Chairman of Nam Son commune.

According to forest rangers' statistics, Nghe An province has between 14 and 16 wild elephants, ranking third nationwide after Dak Lak and Dong Nai . Of these, the core and buffer zones of Pu Mat National Park (located across three districts: Con Cuong, Anh Son, and Tuong Duong) have three herds, totaling 11-13 elephants; Bac Son commune (Quy Hop district) has one elephant, and Quy Chau district has two.

The main reasons elephants invade villages and destroy crops are habitat loss, conversion of primary forests into production forests, lack of migration corridors, and shortages of food and salt. In addition, some elephants live alone and lack mates, so they often become aggressive during mating season. In 2016, a solitary female elephant in Con Cuong district once held a villager's male buffalo captive in the forest.

Duc Hung

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