Elephant Herd Causes Over $1 Million in Damages After Escaping China Nature Reserve
elephants.Photo: CHINE NOUVELLE/SIPA/Shutterstock A herd of 15 wild elephants that escaped a nature reserve in China last year has now trekked over 300 miles along highways and fields and has left major destruction in its path. The group of Asian elephants departed from a nature reserve in Xishuangbanna last year and traveled through the southwestern province of Yunnan to Yuxi, a city of about 2.6 million people,CNN,the Associated Press,andNBC Newsreported, all citing the Chinese news agency Xinhua....