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A family of six elephants appeared to have been killed by a lightning strike in a forest near Zimbabwe’s main tourist destination, Victoria Falls (west), a spokesman for the Zimbabwe Wildlife and Parks Authority told EFE on Friday. Zimbabwe (ZimParks).
“We suspect lightning because the tusks were intact,” said Tinashe Faravo, spokeswoman for ZimParks.
group of six elephants it consisted of four adults and two young elephants and was discovered during a ranger patrol earlier this week.
Rule out poisoning
Tests carried out for traces of cyanide poisoning came back negative.
“Obviously when people poison animals, the target is ivory. The corpses were about a week old (but still had ivory) so we ruled out poaching,” Faravo added.
A diagnosis of natural death will come as a relief to authorities who have struggled in the past with poisoning by poachers.
About a decade ago, poachers used cyanide to kill 135 people. elephants in and around Hwange National Park, south of Victoria Falls.
But there was no poaching elephants Thanks to better intelligence gathering and support from local communities over the past three years, Faravo said.
Zimbabwe it is now in the midst of the summer rainy season and thunderstorms are frequent at this time of the year.
Animals often hide under trees and can become victims of lightning strikes.
Last week, eighteen cattle belonging to three villagers were killed by a single lightning strike in the village of Chireya in the Midlands province in the center of the country.
(As reported by EFE)
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