Wild elephants wander into Yunnan towns

<p>Fifteen wild Asian elephants were spotted in E&#39;shan County, China&#39;s Yunnan Province on Thursday night.</p><p>Streets were cleared for people&#39;s safety. The elephants were closely tracked by the local firefighters.</p><p>At 2 am on Friday, the elephants entered the safe area near Mount Efeng in Eshan County.</p><p>An elephant group, originally living at the Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve, migrated from Mojiang County of Pu &#39;er City, to Yuanjiang Hani, Yi and Dai Autonomous prefecture, Yuxi City on April 16, 2021.</p><p>In the past 40 days, the group caused 412 incidents in Yuanjiang and Shiping counties, causing a direct economic loss of nearly 6.8 million yuan ($1.07 million) and seriously affected the lives of local people. No casualties have been reported.</p><p><span style="color: rgb(127, 127, 127);">(Script written by Shi Ji)</span></p>