China’s wandering elephants may finally be heading home

The elephants left a reserve more than a year ago for unknown reasons and roamed more than 300 miles north

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Yunnan Provincial Command Center for the Safety and Monitoring of North Migrating Asian Elephants via AP
In this photo released by the Yunnan Provincial Command Center for the Safety and Monitoring of North Migrating Asian Elephants, a herd of wandering elephants cross a river using a highway near Yuxi city, Yuanjiang county in southwestern China’s Yunnan Province Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021. The 14 elephants of various sizes and ages were guided across the Yuanjiang river in Yunnan province on Sunday night and a path is being opened for them to return to the nature reserve in the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture.
By The Associated Press |
PUBLISHED: August 9, 2021 at 7:14 p.m. | UPDATED: August 9, 2021 at 7:33 p.m.

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