{"id":319760,"date":"2021-08-09T23:55:59","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T20:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/elephant-herd-may-be-heading-home-after-yearlong-china-trek\/"},"modified":"2021-08-09T23:55:59","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T20:55:59","slug":"elephant-herd-may-be-heading-home-after-yearlong-china-trek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/elephant-herd-may-be-heading-home-after-yearlong-china-trek\/","title":{"rendered":"#Elephant herd may be heading home after yearlong China trek"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Elephant herd may be heading home after yearlong China trek<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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A herd of wild elephants that captivated the world with their yearlong trek through China \u2014 raiding farms and even a retirement home for food along the way \u2014 may finally be heading back home. <\/p>\n

The 14 Asian elephants, including three calves, were spotted on Sunday heading across a bridge in China\u2019s southwestern Yunnan province.<\/p>\n

The roaming herd is still about 125 miles away from the Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve where they lived, but local authorities are currently opening a path to help guide them back there. <\/p>\n

The herd left the reserve a year ago for unknown reasons and set off on a 300 mile trek to the north of the country. <\/p>\n

Authorities have spent the past year deploying trucks, workers and at least 14 government drones to monitor the elephants as they trekked across the country. <\/p>\n

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The herd of wandering elephants crossing a river on a highway bridge near near Yuxi city in China\u2019s Yunnan Province on August 8, 2021. <\/figcaption>
Yunnan Provincial Command Center for the Safety and Monitoring of North Migrating Asian Elephants via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Drone footage of the elephants sleeping in Yunnan province on June 24, 2021.<\/figcaption>
Photo by HANDOUT\/Yunnan Forest Brigade\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Adorable drone footage shot in June captured the herd napp<\/a>ing together near Xiyang.<\/p>\n

Officials have also evacuated roads for the elephants so they could pass safely and used food to steer the animals away from populated, urban areas.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After reaching the outskirts of the city of Kunming in June, the herd turned south again and appear to now be en-route back home.<\/p>\n

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The elephants walking through a farm on July 13, 2021.<\/figcaption>
Photo by HANDOUT\/Yunnan Forest Brigade\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The elephants have stampeded through at least 15 farms and caused more than a million dollars of economic damage throughout their journey, according to local authorities. <\/p>\n

No animals and humans appear to have been injured as the elephants roamed free. <\/p>\n

One of the male elephants that separated from the herd early last month, however, was tranquilized and returned back to the reserve.<\/p>\n

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Some of the elephants walking across crop fields on July 13, 2021.<\/figcaption>
Photo by HANDOUT\/Yunnan Forest Brigade\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

China only has about 300 wild elephants left and their status in the country is highly protected.<\/p>\n

It is unclear why the herd left the nature reserve in the first place. <\/p>\n

Some have speculated that habitat loss and food resources may have played a role.<\/p>\n

The National Forestry and Grassland Administration said the animals were in a \u201csuitable habitat\u201d after crossing the river on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n

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