2020-12-23 11:35:36 GMT2020-12-23 19:35:36(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
KUNMING, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) Seventeen wild Asian elephants were spotted in Mojiang County in the city of Pu er, southwest China s Yunnan Province, in late December.
It is the first time the species has been found in the county.
Forest ranger Li Fudong said in Xinfu Township that the elephants first appeared near a river on Dec. 17 and were captured by a camera drone in the woods the next day.
Experts confirmed that the herd used to live in Mengyangzi nature reserve of Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve. They entered Pu er in March and have been in Nanping and Yixiang towns of Simao district and Ning er county before getting to Mojiang.