Elephants

What’s killing Botswana’s elephants?

by JoAnna Wendel
Elephant feeding feeding tree branch. Elephant at Mana Pools NP, Zimbabwe in Africa. Big animal in t...
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In July 2020, reports began emerging from Botswana of a mass elephant die-off.

MONIRUL BHUIYAN / Contributor

300 elephant deaths had been recorded since May of this year.

MONIRUL BHUIYAN / Contributor

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