Nearly 90 elephants have been found dead in Botswana-- the last safe place for the endangered animals-- in the wake of the president’s decision in May to disarm its anti-poaching unit. The escalation of poaching in Botswana could be attributed to Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s decision to disarm members of the anti-poaching unit. He told National Geographic that a GPS location was logged for every carcass and there were multiple witnesses. The conservationist group also said there’s an increase in poaching in Botswana simply because that’s where the remaining elephants in the continent are. After poachers wiped out large numbers of elephants in neighboring Zambia and Angola, they’re “now turning their guns to Botswana,” Chase said.

Source: Fox News September 18, 2018 09:45 UTC