Elephants Without Borders said the grim discovery of scores of elephant carcasses, made over several weeks during an aerial survey, is believed to be one of Africa's worst mass poaching sprees. "We started flying the survey on July 10, and we have counted 90 elephant carcasses since the survey commenced," Mike Chase, the charity's director, told AFP. A huge worryALSO READ: Man, elephant co-existence key for ecological balanceEarlier Botswana Tourism Minister Tshekedi Khama confirmed to AFP that elephants had been poached. Chase said elephants in Zambia and Angola, north of Botswana, "have been poached to the verge of local extinction, and poachers have now turned to Botswana". Poachers have also targeted rhino in Botswana, with six white rhino carcasses were found in recent months.

Source: Standard Digital September 05, 2018 04:52 UTC