The battle to
save Vietnam's elephants is
on. As per the last census,
fewer than 300 wild
elephants were left in the
country. At the present rate
of poaching, environmentalists fear that none will be left
in four years. Shaken by
these statistics, the government is appointing villagers
to guard elephants from
poachers.
A team of 37 rangers
has been created to preserve
wild and domesticated elephants, said Voong Nhi,
deputy chief of Buon Don
community administration
in the Dac Lac province of
Vietnam's central highlands.
Authorities have recruited
minority Rhade tribesfolk as
special 'elephant rangers' to
save Vietnam's depleting
stock of elephants from
extinction.
The scheme is being
coordinated by a local
Organisation and funded by
thS@ UK-based Fauna Flora
International. The rangers
will be trained and equipped
to patrol elephant reserves
and reduce conflict with
people @Iaiming a right over
the same natural resources.
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