Friday, 22 January 2016

PRO/AH> Cyanide poisoning, elephant - Zimbabwe: (Hwange Natl Park)

Poisoning -- Zimbabwe
Another elephant has been found dead of cyanide poisoning in north western Zimbabwe, 2 months after around 60 elephants were killed in the area, it was reported on Sun [17 Jan 2016]. According to the state-controlled Sunday Mail, the decomposing body of the elephant was found last week [week of 11 Jan 2016] in Sikumi Forest next to Hwange National Park, where poachers have poisoned dozens of elephants since September [2015].
The elephant had been dead for around 10 days. Poachers had not

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/1ZGwBXB

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