Tusker herd lingers in Yunnan city
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The wandering herd of wild Asian elephants that has caught global attention is lingering in Shijie Township in Yuxi City of southwestern Yunnan Province, authorities said on Saturday.
A male elephant, which broke free from the herd seven days ago, was about 14.3 kilometers away in Jinning District of the provincial capital Kunming, after leaving Anning, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Kunming on Friday evening.
All the elephants are safe and sound, according to the headquarters in charge of monitoring their migration.
Continuous rainfall is complicating efforts to monitor the elephants and take safety precautions. Authorities have dispatched emergency staff, vehicles and drones to help evacuate and protect local residents, while ensuring the safety of the elephants. They fed 2 tons of food to the animals on Saturday.
The herd traveled approximately 500km from their forest home in the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture before reaching Kunming late last Wednesday.
For over a month, authorities have sent police to escort the herd, evacuated roads to facilitate their passage and used food to distract them from entering densely populated areas.
Asian elephants are under A-level state protection in China, where they are mostly found in Yunnan. Thanks to enhanced protection efforts, the wild elephant population in the province has grown to about 300, up from 193 in the 1980s.
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