China’s southwestern province of Yunnan is becoming increasingly popular among elephants. While the population declined to 193 in the 1980s, according to China’s official news agency, there are now around 300 again. Most of them live in a national park set up by the provincial government, especially for the pachyderms. However, one herd has now escaped and is causing trouble: 15 of them are said to have drunk a water tank dry, gorged themselves in a corn field and a barn, and trampled around 50 hectares of grain fields. The damage already amounts to ¥6.8 million (€872,000). Now, according to the authorities, the pachyderms are on their way to the provincial capital Kunming.