Roaming elephants wreak havoc Share CLOSE A herd of wild Asian elephants makes its way in Yuxi's Eshan Yi autonomous county, Yunnan province, on May 28, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua] Alerts issued as animals make 400-km journey in Yunnan Many people from Yunnan province often claim to have seen wild animals, including elephants, roaming local streets, as the province is known as the nation's "kingdom of wildlife". However, such claims have recently been verified beyond a doubt. Video footage taken on Thursday in the Eshan Yi autonomous county shows a herd of 15 wild Asian elephants roaming the streets in a downtown area at night after leaving their habitat in Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve in the south of Yunnan last year.