A herd of elephants travels to China for 6 months …

A total of fifteen Asian elephants they migrate north into the southern Chinese province of Yunnan, passing various towns on the way. The authorities have put in place a device to minimize the damage that could result from contact between pachyderms and humans.

Chinese specialists have so far followed in animal tracks for nearly 500 kilometers. trying to guide them through barriers and using food as bait. They used more than four tonnes of bananas, pineapples and corn to take them to a sparsely populated area. Tracking images show the herd includes six adult female elephants, three adult males, three subadults and three calves.

The damage prevention system consists of 228 vehicles, in addition to four excavators and three drones. Local authorities said that it is rare for these large animals to travel so far north of their traditional habitat.

Images released by state television show not only the passage of pachyderms through inhabited areas, but also points where they have decided to feed on food stored or planted by humans.

“We were sleeping in the attic and around one in the morning we heard noises. I looked out the window and saw two adult elephants in the yard. I called the village chief and he told me not to move or make noise, ”said a villager.

Elephants now roam Eshan District, having embarked on a long journey that began on April 16 from the province’s southernmost prefecture. The group is located less than 50 kilometers from the provincial capital Kunming, the provincial forestry and grassland administration said.