Elephant herd new darling in China


On a wild adventure: A bird’s-eye view showing the elephants walking and resting near Yuxi city in Yunnan province. — AFP

A HERD of migrating elephants has stolen the limelight from the giant pandas which dominated the most popular position of China’s iconic animals for decades.

The wild Asian elephants’ “adventure” has captured not only domestic attention but that of global too for over a month and there is no sign of fading.

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