The elephants walked in the woods very leisurely on their first day home

At 23:48 on August 12, 14 Asian elephants moved north from Manlai Town, Yuanjiang County, Yuxi City into Mojiang County, Pu'er City
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The headquarter reporter drove more than 400 kilometers and followed the Asian Elephant Search and Monitoring Team of the Yunnan Forest Fire Brigade to reach Mojiang County, Pu'er City on the afternoon of August 13.
They recorded their lives and foraging on the first day after the elephants returned.
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Pu'er has a forest coverage rate of 74.
59%.
The abundant forest resources have created good habitat conditions for Asian elephants.
Starting from 1992 when a wild Asian elephant entered the Simao District of Pu'er City, the population of wild Asian elephants migrating to Pu'er has been increasing year by year.
At present, there are about 9 elephant herds with 181 Asian elephants living in Pu'er all year round, accounting for about 62% of the national wild Asian elephant population
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After the elephants return home, will they continue to move south or north? Experts also gave an analysis on the next move of the elephant group
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Experts analyzed that the northward elephant group poses many new challenges for the study and exploration of Asian elephants and their habitats
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Regarding the next move of the elephant group, experts said that at present it seems that the entire elephant group is still walking the same way as it came, so it is more likely to go south
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Chen Mingyong, member of the expert guidance group of the Asian Elephant Group in Yunnan Northward Movement: We have a very good strategy and a very good mechanism to monitor, analyze and judge its future direction, and take necessary flexible measures
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(CCTV reporter Song Jianchun, Jiang Shulin, Li Hui, Zhu Shu, Hao Yijie, Liu Dong, Yunnan Taizhu, Faber and Longjun)