An Investigation into Mysterious Deaths of Twelve Elephants in Zimbabwe
The government in Zimbabwe has opened an investigation into the mysterious deaths of 12 young elephants near the Hwange Reserve, in the west of the country.
Earlier this year, more than 350 elephants died under strange circumstances in neighbouring Botswana.
Eleven carcasses were found on Friday, a twelfth Saturday. They lay in the Pandamasuwe Forest between Hwange - the largest reserve in the country, near the border with Botswana - and the city of Victoria Falls.
The dead elephants turned out to be very young. These are animals of approximately eighteen months and between five and six years old.
According to a spokesman for the ministry responsible for Zimbabwe's national parks, their deaths may be linked to a bacteria that developed after the animals ate inedible plants.
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