For more than a month, 15 elephants including three calves have dominated China's domestic media as they marched through towns and villages with no clear destination in sight.Their habitat is largely confined to the southern parts of YunnanAsian elephants are native to the south-western province of Yunnan, but one herd has migrated unusually far northward this year, leaving a trail of destruction as they marched through farms and villages.
Fuelling the intense interest in their plight is the mystery of why they embarked on the road trip in the first place."It's hard to tell the exact reason for this specific herd's migration, but if talking about the bigger picture, the biggest challenge for Asian elephants in Yunnan is habitat loss," said Pan Wenjing, the Forest and Ocean Project Manager for Greenpeace.
Conservationists estimate that 270 of the 300 Asian elephants in Yunnan live in the nature reserve, which is also a major tourist attraction. At one point the herd marched through a town just 50 kilometres from the provincial capital Kunming — home to 6 million people.China's state news agency Xinhua said "precautionary measures" are being used to avoid elephant-human conflict.More than a dozen people in Yunnan were killed by elephants in 2019, media outlet Caixin reported.
These poor elephants lost fr their families 😪 China but where r those 🐘snatched fr Africa? TheChineseGovt
If they are drunk then they are probably following pink elephants.
Your website headline: 'China watches on as elephants wander town to town causing over $1 million in damage'. If China does something 'Cruel China captures hapless elephants in search of food'. China just can't win with
Sounds like a typical Friday night to me.
Looks more like a leisurely stroll than a rampage to me.