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Zimbabwe: 11 More Jumbos Found Dead in Hwange Game Park
New Zimbabwe, 3 September 2020
Eleven more elephants were found dead in the Pandamasue forest, located between Hwange National Park and Victoria Falls, bringing the total number to 22. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Chinese Invade Hwange National Park to Mine for Coal
New Zimbabwe, 3 September 2020
Two Chinese companies are reportedly exploring for coal in the protected Hwange National Park, raising concerns from wildlife activists. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Zim Celebrates World Elephant Day
The Herald, 14 August 2020
Zimbabwe joined the rest of the world in commemorating World Elephant Day on Wednesday at a time when the country was struggling with an unsustainable elephant population. Read more »
If Not Poachers, What's Killing Zimbabwe's Elephants?
The mysterious deaths of 22 elephants in Zimbabwe may have been the result of bacterial infection, the country's parks agency has said after it ruled out poaching because the dead elephants were found with the tusks still on their bodies. In recent years, poachers in Zimbabwe have poisoned dozens of elephants and taken their tusks to sell them to illegal ivory traders.
InFocus
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In a decision conservationists have hailed as "momentous", the global wildlife trade regulator has agreed to impose a near-total ban on sending African elephants captured from the ... Read more »
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The young elephants that were sold to zoos and parks in Asia are still languishing in confined holding pens in Zimbabwe, a year after being removed from their herds. Concerns are ... Read more »
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In the Zimbabwean village of Mashaba, a solar grid provides cheap, clean power to run irrigation pumps that keep the community's wheat, maize and vegetable fields a sea of green. ... Read more »
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Zimbabwean authorities are investigating a suspected case of cyanide poisoning after seven elephant carcasses were found in an advanced state of decomposition in the Hwange ... Read more »
