One of China’s wandering elephants is returned to nature reserve

The remaining 14 elephants have been moving southward recently but are still far from the reserve

A lone elephant that has separated from a herd of Asian elephants migrating north is seen near Yuxi city in south-western China’s Yunnan Province. Picture: Yunnan Provincial Command Centre for the Safety and Monitoring of North Migrating Asian Elephants via AP

A male Asian elephant that had separated from a herd that has been wandering in south-west China for more than a year has been anaesthetised and returned to its nature reserve.

The lone elephant was captured in Yuxi city and sent back to the Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve, about 280 kilometres (175 miles) away, a command centre monitoring the elephants said.