A dead elephant is seen in this undated handout image in Okavango Delta, Botswana May-June, 2020. PHOTOGRAPHS OBTAINED BY REUTERS/Handout via REUTERSBotswana’s top wildlife vet on Friday dismissed accusations from some conservationists that the government had not moved quickly enough to investigate the unexplained deaths of least 275 elephants. “We then sent samples to Zimbabwe and South Africa to test for other known pathogens or a novel pathogen,” he said. Botswana is home to around 130,000 elephants, a third of Africa’s total, making it a magnet for wildlife lovers. “You’re not going to be able to get the elephants to do social-distancing, and you’re not going to be able to inoculate them.”

Source: Standard Digital July 03, 2020 18:22 UTC