An Elephant's Journey: The North-South Migration of the "Short-Nosed Family"

In March 2020, a group of wild Asian elephants called the "Short Nose Family" set out from the Mengyangzi Nature Reserve in Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve, Yunnan, and headed north. They walked out of their traditional habitat on April 16, 2021, and after nearly four months, on August 8, they began their journey south under human guidance, eventually returning to their original habitat. The "Short Nose Family" of Asian elephants traveled through Puer, Yuxi, Honghe Prefecture, Kunming, and other places, covering a distance of more than 1,300 kilometers. Due to the charm of the wild elephant herd itself, the interaction between the elephant herd and humans during the journey, and the discussion of the "human-elephant relationship," it has been continuously followed on social media and mainstream media at home and abroad, and is regarded as a vivid example of China's wildlife protection and biodiversity conservation, attracting worldwide attention. This book is jointly created by publishers, elephant research experts, elephant monitoring and protection workers, photographers, and other professionals from Hong Kong and Yunnan, and is published by Hong Kong Joint Publishing Co., Ltd. and Yunnan Education Press. Through lively and vivid text and nearly a hundred stunning photos, it reveals the home of wild Asian elephants, explores the reasons for elephant migration, captures the highlights of elephant travel, and records the dream journey of the "Short Nose Family" of Asian elephants in panoramic view. The aim is to allow readers to share the magical wonders of life, the harmony between humans and elephants, the beauty of nature, and the preciousness of biodiversity in this story of human-elephant interaction.