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PRO/AH/EDR> Cyanide poisoning, elephant – Zimbabwe: (Hwange Natl. Park)

Poisoning -- ZimbabweCyanide poisoning has killed 22 elephants in Hwange National Park, the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority said [Mon 26 Oct 2015], bringing the poisoning toll across the country to 62 elephants for the month.Rangers found the animals' carcasses on Monday morning [26 Oct 2015], the parks agency spokeswoman, Caroline Washaya-Moyo, said. She said poachers had gotten away with 3 ivory tusks, adding, "We are now trying to check how many elephants had fully developed tusks, Read more [...]