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A herd of 15 wild elephants is approaching a
of 6.6 million people in China. The group of Asian elephants has trekked
500km from their habitat in a nature reserve in the
of Yunnan province, near the
with Myanmar and Laos. China's official news
, Xinhua, reports that there are three
in the herd. The giant beasts are heading north to the
of the provincial capital, Kunming. They have travelled along highways and through fields of crops over the
few months. A Chinese TV station said that over the past week, the animals guzzled down the water in a water tank and feasted on
of corn in farmers' fields. Their journey has been captivating the Chinese
.
