{"id":1035,"date":"2019-07-08T23:13:16","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T23:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zimwonders.co.zw\/?p=1035"},"modified":"2019-07-10T23:34:38","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T23:34:38","slug":"seven-elephants-found-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zimwonders.co.zw\/index.php\/2019\/07\/08\/seven-elephants-found-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven Elephants Found Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"

IN a sad development, Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) is investigating a suspected case of cyanide poisoning after seven elephant carcasses were reportedly found in an advanced state of decomposition in the Hwange National Park on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Rangers on patrol near the border with Botswana in an area administered by Main Camp, discovered carcasses.<\/p>\n

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Anti-poaching teams comprising police and rangers as well as officers from the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) are investigating.<\/p>\n

There was however no mention whether the elephants still had tusks.<\/p>\n

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Water sources are spiked with cyanide to kill the elephants<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cOur rangers were on patrol around 4pm on Saturday when they discovered seven elephant carcasses towards the border with Botswana. It is suspected that the elephants may have been poisoned with cyanide and they were in an advanced state of decomposition,\u201d said a senior Zimparks official.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of elephants were killed since 2013 as suspected poachers used poisonous cyanide which they administered in salt leaks, water sources and fruits as poaching activities escalate in the country\u2019s game parks.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the recent Africa Union-United Nations Wildlife Economy Summit held in Victoria Falls, participants acknowledged that high rates of poaching were a result of dissatisfaction by communities living adjacent to national parks as they were not benefiting from the wildlife.<\/p>\n

The summit sought to deliberate on ways on which communities can be included in wildlife management programmes to end human-wildlife conflict.
\nZimbabwe has about 84 000 elephants against its capacity of 54 000.<\/p>

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