China coaxes wayward elephants home
By AFP
08 August 2021 |
10:27 am
A herd of wild elephants in China left home 16 months ago and have been wandering in Yunnan. Three dozen forestry firefighters now have the jumbo task of shepherding the elephants safely home.
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