The tale of China’s trek-loving wild Asian elephants 

Last month, a herd ofwild Asian elephants shot to fameaftercontinuingon a long journeythrough southwestern China.

After leaving theirnature reserve last year, theherd has travelled for over500 kilometres across the Yunnan province in China.They have been roaming free through villages and large towns, alike.

Although this herd seems to be on a never-ending epicjourney, alone elephant, who broke away from the herd a month ago, was captured and returned tothehome reserverecently, a CNN report said.

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This elephant hastravelledmore than 190 kilometers on its own. It survived on food providedby local authorities andsometimes,foraging into villages.

As the1.8-tonne male had lingered near populated areas and posed a risk to public safety, the authoritiestranquilisedand sent it tothereserve.

According to the Yunnan government, there were noexternal injuries on the elephant, who walked into the rainforest and took a dip in the river after being released.

The rest of theherd is still marching on. They arebeingclosely monitored by dozens of drones, hundreds of emergency response personnel and police officersround-the-clock.