Guardrails have proved effective in protecting local residents from wild elephants' attacks in a village of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province.

Located in the Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve, the village of Xiangyanqing was often intruded by wild Asian elephants that used to threaten the villagers' lives and property over the past few years.

"When the elephants came into our village, they ate up all the banana leaves and sugarcane. If there is grain stored in your home, they would break into the door and eat the grain. They would also destroy the electric appliances at home," said villager Feng Guanglin.

The pilot guardrail program was introduced recently in the village for the first time in China to cope with the attacks from the wild elephants.

In order to ensure the safety of the residents, the local authority has also established a public liability insurance system, compensating for the loss caused by wild animals.

Moreover, elephant observers have been deployed in areas where the elephants usually appear. Their job is to send out warnings to villagers if emergency occurs.

"The villagers noticed that in over a month, the wild elephants have come to the side of the guardrail for more than a dozen times. Because of the guardrail, the elephants couldn't enter the village. It shows that the guardrail is very effective, and we have found a good way to prevent people's lives and property from being damaged by wild elephants," said Guo Xianming, director of the Asian elephants protection project in Xishuangbanna.

Now, the project is being further carried out in other villages in the prefecture.

The Asian elephant is under first-class state protection in China. There are currently around 300 Asian elephants in the country.
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