25 Jul 2020

Botswana is under pressure to find out what killed hundreds of elephants

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What killed at least 275 of these giant mammals remains a mystery three months later. Picture: Sizwe Ndingane / The Republic Production / Nikon

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Elephant bodies lay strewn over the vast Okavango Delta bushes north of Botswana. Their tusks were still intact and no gunshots or other physical wounds were detected.

What killed at least 275 of these giant mammals remains a mystery three months later.

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