Elephants dying en masse in Botswana

Elephants dying en masse in Botswana

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BrettMRC

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4,091 posts

160 months

Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Not sure if this should go here or NP&E.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-53257512

Some sort of disease is wiping out hundreds of elephants, those seen in the late stages seem to be showing some kind neurological issues.

hyphen

26,262 posts

90 months

Thursday 2nd July 2020
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280 dead frown


anonymous-user

54 months

Thursday 2nd July 2020
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hyphen said:
280 dead frown
Think they went out again and there is more sadly ?

Assuming this is a man made problem ? We won’t be happy till there is no wild animals left.

danpalmer1993

507 posts

108 months

Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Not saying this is human related, however having watched "Walking with Elephants" it was clear that most locals are not fans of the local wildlife.

bigandclever

13,789 posts

238 months

Thursday 2nd July 2020
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hyphen said:
280 dead frown
About the same number of hunting permits in Botswana for 2020.

anonymous-user

54 months

Thursday 2nd July 2020
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danpalmer1993 said:
Not saying this is human related, however having watched "Walking with Elephants" it was clear that most locals are not fans of the local wildlife.
True. Shame they don’t realise without them tourism will plummet !