Authorities in Ma Da commune, Vinh Cuu district, Dong Nai province on May 4 confirmed that a herd of seven wild elephants had entered a residential area.

GPS collars will be fitted to 28 wild elephants in the Yok Don National Park in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, a workshop heard on June 29.

GPS collars will be fitted to 28 wild elephants in the Yok Don National Park in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, a workshop heard on June 29.

Forest rangers of Dinh Quan district in the southern province of Dong Nai have been provided with equipment to monitor and drive away wild elephants that have been destroying local households’ crops since the start of this year.

The central province of Quang Nam has two herds of wild elephants living in some forests in Bac Tra My, Tien Phuoc and Nong Son districts.

The 50km electric fence stretching across Vinh Cuu and Dinh Quan district in the southern province of Dong Nai has been unable to prevent wild elephants from looking for food in local farms.

Residents in Vinh Cuu and Dinh Quan districts, Dong Nai have proposed local authority construct additional 20km of electric fence to prevent wild elephants from wandering into residential areas.

The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak has taken a number of measures to manage, monitor and care for elephants so as to help conserve and develop the animals, said Director of the province’s centre for elephant conservation Huynh Trung Luan.

A 50km long electric fence has been put into operation on a trial basis to prevent wild elephants from wandering into residential areas in the southern province of Dong Nai, according to the provincial Forest Protection Sub-Department.

The southern province of Dong Nai has proposed measures to conserve and prevent consanguineous mating in the herd of wild elephants there.

Wild elephant habitats in the southern province of Dong Nai are being reduced and degraded, leading to a lack of food and more conflicts between animals and humans, according to local authorities.

A herd of about five wild elephants foraging for food have raided crops in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak.

The Animals Asia on September 12 announced that it has received a Malayan sun bear and two monkeys that were caged as pets in Buon Ma Thuot city, the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.