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China watches on as a herd of elephants wanders from town to town, causing over $1 million in damage
For more than a month, 15 elephants including three calves have dominated China's domestic media as they marched through towns and villages with no clear destination in sight.
Asian elephants are native to the south-western province of Yunnan, but one herd has migrated unusually far northward this year, leaving a trail of destruction as they marched through farms and villages.
- Bill Birtles
- ABC News
Surveillance cameras in villages have caught the herd strolling down …