Drone footage shows China's runaway elephants napping, infrared of herd travelling north

Drone footage shot on Sunday showed a herd of nomad elephants napping amid vegetation in southwestern China, taking a resting break on their journey north.

The footage also showed infrared video of the herd moving about and grazing in Yunnan province's Yimen County.

The herd consisted of 15 elephants initially, but one of them has left, straying 12 kilometres away from the main herd, according to China's state media.

The herd was in Yimen County on Thursday, after they entered and left Yunnan's capital city of Kunming, defying attempts to redirect them after a journey of several hundred kilometres north.

While it is unclear why the elephants are moving north, the Xinhua report said a decline in edible plants in forest habitats has put pressure on the animals, whose numbers have grown in Yunnan in recent decades.

For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/7931423/china-wild-elephant-herd-travel/

Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc
Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ
Follow Global News on Twitter HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt
Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB
#GlobalNews