The elephant is moving away from the crazy height of his herd

Babar frowned. While that China Been craving a herd of elephants for several weeks
Left reserve Xishuangbanna, a border region between Laos and Burma, one of the 15 adventure members separated from his colleagues at the start of the week and is now traveling alone. The herd, which includes three calves of elephants, has already traveled more than 500 kilometers through fields and villages in the southwest of the country.

The male now lives 12 kilometers away from the rest of the herd, according to CCTV public channel which broadcasts pictures of its outings 24 hours a day on its website. The movement of elephants is constantly monitored by drones and hundreds of officials to evacuate residents are interfering on their way.

Unexplained epic

The animals appeared to be in good health and no one was harmed when they ventured into town, cross highways, and visit barns and homes in search of food. Damage to Farming Because of their trip has already been valued nearly one million euros. The herd entered the vast area of ​​Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, with a population of more than 8 million, last week. The authorities placed convoys of trucks along the roads to force him to change direction. Footage filmed on Wednesday shows the herd walking through the woods, while the lone male burrows into the ground and covers himself in dirt with his trunk.

The zoologists I don’t know why the elephants left their reserve earlier this year. However, in recent years, pythons tend to get closer to villages, while the plants they usually eat are replaced by inedible species. Wild elephants are protected in China, have an estimated population of about 300, compared to less than 200 in the 1980s, and they live exclusively in the tourist and tropical region of Xishuangbanna.