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Chinese city in Yunnan builds ‘food court’ for future migrating Asian elephants

Published Sep 14 2021 at 1:00 AM GMT
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  • Officials in southwest China launched last Tuesday a “food court” for migrating elephants after a trekking herd captured the country’s and the world’s imagination and caused headaches for towns and cities along their route this summer.
  • The Global Times reported that the idea for the 670,000 square metre food base near Jinghong, in Yunnan province, came after the herd of 15 — originally 17 — elephants left their habitat earlier this year and reached the outskirts of the provincial capital Kunming….




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  • Published Sep 14, 2021 1:00 AM GMT