Whitey Ford
08-26-2020, 02:25 PM
‘A Species That We Cannot Afford To Lose’: Hundreds Of Elephants In Botswana Found Mysteriously Dead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g33eSVjjgFw&feature=youtu.be
More than 350 elephants have mysteriously died in Botswana over the past few months — and conservationists don’t know why.
The elephants have been found dead since the beginning of May, sparking concern for the future of elephant populations across Africa.
In early May, a group of conservationists took a flight to assess the problem and spotted 169 carcasses, says Dr. Niall McCann, director of conservation at National Park Rescue and National Geographic explorer. Despite their concern, conservationists discovered a month later that the government of Botswana hadn’t sent any samples for testing to figure out what’s killing the elephants, he says.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=96&v=PvF0FKgsczI&feature=emb_logo
“No one knew what was going on,” he says. “When the team went back and did another survey, they counted almost 400 elephants, with many others wandering around in a confused state, probably not far from death.”
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/07/06/elephants-dying-botswana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g33eSVjjgFw&feature=youtu.be
More than 350 elephants have mysteriously died in Botswana over the past few months — and conservationists don’t know why.
The elephants have been found dead since the beginning of May, sparking concern for the future of elephant populations across Africa.
In early May, a group of conservationists took a flight to assess the problem and spotted 169 carcasses, says Dr. Niall McCann, director of conservation at National Park Rescue and National Geographic explorer. Despite their concern, conservationists discovered a month later that the government of Botswana hadn’t sent any samples for testing to figure out what’s killing the elephants, he says.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=96&v=PvF0FKgsczI&feature=emb_logo
“No one knew what was going on,” he says. “When the team went back and did another survey, they counted almost 400 elephants, with many others wandering around in a confused state, probably not far from death.”
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/07/06/elephants-dying-botswana