China's Wandering Elephants Are On The Move Again. Are They Headed Home? - NPR

In this photo released by the Yunnan Forest Fire Brigade, a migrating herd of elephants graze near Shuanghe Township, Jinning District of Kunming city in southwestern China's Yunnan Province, on June 4.

In this photo released by the Yunnan Forest Fire Brigade, a migrating herd of elephants graze near Shuanghe Township, Jinning District of Kunming city in southwestern China's Yunnan Province, on June 4.

BEIJING (AP) — China's famed wandering elephants are on the move again, heading southwest while a male who broke from the herd is still keeping his distance.

The group left a wildlife reserve in the southwest of Yunnan province more than a year ago and has trekked 500 kilometers (300 miles) north to the outskirts of the provincial capital of Kunming.

In this aerial photo taken June 7 and released by the Yunnan Forest Fire Brigade, a migrating herd of elephants rests near Xinyang Township.

In this aerial photo taken June 7 and released by the Yunnan Forest Fire Brigade, a migrating herd of elephants rests near Xinyang Township.

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