World Elephant Day falls on Aug 12 every year. In China, the Asian elephant mainly lives in Yunnan.
Elephant observer
In Yunnan, a monitoring system (监测系统) keeps an eye on elephants with the help of cameras and drones (无人机). Elephant observers are also important. They follow elephants in cars and tell people where elephants are.
Diao Faxing, 47, does this job. He gets up early and sleeps late every day to see the elephants' movements (移动) from a drone. Then he sends messages about the elephants to a WeChat group of local (当地的) people. If the animals are in a safe (安全的) place, people will go out to do farm work. Besides WeChat, people can also get messages about where the elephants are by using an app or listening to the radio.
Elephant canteen
Asian elephants eat 400 kinds of food! Sometimes, they visit villages and eat what they love. Though people can get money from the government (政府) for their losses (损失), it's still a big problem. In recent years, China set up many "elephant canteens (食堂)" in different places. There, people plant foods elephants love to eat. China is now building a national park for elephants as well.
Elephant doctor
Elephants sometimes get hurt. "Elephant doctors" come to help. Bao Mingwei, 42, has done this job for 22 years. In June 2021, a young elephant left a group and wandered (走失) alone for about 30 days. He followed it for 33 days to keep it safe and help send it back home. He got it back home by giving it the right dose of anesthetic (麻醉剂量) after checking (检查) the animal's health,
