An elephant eats crops in a field in Ninger Hani and Yi autonomous county of Pu’er, Southwest China’s Yunnan province, on Saturday. Photo: VCG

Migrating elephant herd passes through Nanxi River Monday in Yuanjiang county of Yuxi, Southwest China’s Yunnan province, meaning the 14 elephants are getting closer to their reserve after traveling north for over 500 kilometers. Photo: VCG

Elephants play in a pond before crossing the Yuanjiang river in Yuxi on Sunday afternoon. Photo: VCG

Wandering elephants cross the Yuanjiang river through a highway near Yuxi on Sunday. Photo: Yunnan Forest Fire Brigade, VCG

Elephants wander in a field on a mountain in Ninger Hani and Yi autonomous county of Pu’er on Saturday. Photo: VCG

Two elephants playing with each other in a field in Ninger Hani and Yi autonomous county of Pu’er on Saturday. Photo: VCG

Elephants wander in a field while eating crops in Ninger Hani and Yi autonomous county of Pu’er on Saturday. Photo: VCG

Elephants enter a corn field in Zhushan village of Ninger Hani and Yi autonomous county in Pu’er on Saturday. Photo: VCG

Elephants pass through a mountain area in Honghe county on July 26. Photo: Yunnan Forest Brigade, VCG

Elephants wander in a mountain area near Yuxi on June 24. Photo: Yunnan Provincial Command of the Safety Precautions of the Migrating Asian Elephants, VCG

Two elephants sleep in an area near Yuxi on June 24. Photo: Yunnan Provincial Command of the Safety Precautions of the Migrating Asian Elephants, VCG

Elephants stay in a forest near Yuxi on June 10. Photo: Yunnan Provincial Command of the Safety Precautions of the Migrating Asian Elephants, VCG

The elephant that left the group on June 5 walks around a crop field in Kunming, Southwest China’s Yunnan province, on June 9. Photo: Yunnan Provincial Command of the Safety Precautions of the Migrating Asian Elephants, VCG

Elephants, which reached Kunming through Yuxi on June 2, eat brushes in a village of Xiyang township of Kunming on June 4. Photo: Yunnan Provincial Command of the Safety Precautions of the Migrating Asian Elephants, VCG

Elephants walk on a dragon fruit field in Shiping county in the southern part of Yunnan province on May 20. Photo: VCG

Elephants climb to a dragon fruit field in Shiping county on May 20. Photo: VCG