Thieving herd of elephants cause havoc roaming across China
By The Washington Post
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No one knows where they are going or why. Since last March, a family of wild elephants in south-west China has trekked more than 482 km, travelling north through fields, highways, villages and towns.
They have stolen crops, rolled around in villagers' courtyards looking for food, and broken into a car dealership where they drank buckets of water and left muddy footprints.
The herd has been labelled "The Northbound Wild Elephant Eating and Walking Tour." In one incident, two young elephants reportedly raided a villager's stores of corn liquor and later appeared to pass out in a field.