In 2021, a group of elephants decided to go north! After months of traveling, they made it 500 kilometers away from their home in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan.
Asian elephants don't usually travel such a long way. The reasons are uncertain .Some believe it's because they were looking for better food. According to Zhao HuaidongfromInternational Fund for Animal Welfare, the number of Asian elephants is rising because of human protection efforts. So their old homes might not have enough food for them.At the same time, elephants are quite interested in the vegetables and fruit that people grow.
Another possible reason, according to Chen, is that they lost their way. Some scientists also believe that they were traveling because of migratory instinct(迁徙本能).
During their long journey, the elephants damaged 561,333 square meters of crops(庄稼). But we need to protect them. For the safety of both humans and the elephant, people fed them tons of food to guide them away from towns and cities. Seventy police cars and trucks were used to keep an eye on the elephants.
Luckily, the elephants came back to the living place where they used to live at last.
a. fed them food b. guided them c. kept them in a safe place d. sent them by trucks