Yunnan Provincial Command Center for the Safety and Monitoring of North Migrating Asian Elephants

In this photograph released by the Yunnan Provincial Command Center for the Safety and Monitoring of North Migrating Asian Elephants, a herd of wandering elephants transverse a stream utilizing a road adjacent Yuxi city, Yuanjiang region successful southwestern China's Yunnan Province Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021. The 14 elephants of assorted sizes and ages were guided crossed the Yuanjiang stream successful Yunnan state connected Sunday nighttime and a way is being opened for them to instrumentality to the quality reserve successful the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture. (Yunnan Provincial Command Center for the Safety and Monitoring of North Migrating Asian Elephants via AP)

BEIJING – An elephant herd that fascinated locals and radical astir the satellite by making a yearlong travel into urbanized southwest China, raiding farms and adjacent a status location for food, appears yet to beryllium headed home.

Local authorities person deployed trucks, workers and drones to show the elephants, evacuated roads for them to walk safely and utilized nutrient to steer them distant from populated areas. Despite their entranceway into villages and a adjacent attack to the Yunnan provincial superior of Kunming, nary animals oregon humans person been injured.

The 14 Asian elephants of assorted sizes and ages were guided crossed the Yuanjiang stream successful Yunnan connected Sunday nighttime and a way is being opened for them to instrumentality to the quality reserve wherever they lived successful the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture.

The elephants near the reserve much than a twelvemonth agone for chartless reasons and roamed much than 500 kilometers (300 miles) north. After reaching the outskirts of Kunming, a halfway for concern and tourism, they turned southbound again, but inactive are acold from the reserve.

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One antheral that separated from the herd was subsequently tranquilized and returned to the reserve.

Asian elephants are among the astir highly protected animals successful China and their colonisation has grown to astir 300, adjacent portion their situation has shrunk due to the fact that of expanded farming and municipality growth.

As of Sunday night, the herd was inactive successful Yuanjiang County, astir 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the reserve.

However, the National Forestry and Grassland Administration said the animals were successful a “suitable habitat” aft crossing the river.

A announcement issued by provincial authorities said the herd's advancement was important and it would proceed to enactment connected getting the elephants backmost successful their earthy situation soon.

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