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Apr
13
2022
By The African Mirror
Elephant kills Colombian researcher in Uganda

Elephant kills Colombian researcher in Uganda

NEWS
AN elephant trampled to death a Colombian researcher who was studying chimpanzees in Kibali National Park in western Uganda, authorities said. Sebastian Ramirez Amaya, who was at Arizona State University (ASU) in the United States, was killed on Sunday while conducting research in the forest with his assistant. "They came across a lone elephant which charged at them, forcing the duo to run in different directions," Uganda Wildlife Authority said in a statement late on Monday. "The elephant followed Sebastian and trampled on him leading to his death." Amaya was researching a doctorate on the social lives of male and…
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Sep
30
2020
By The African Mirror
Zimbabwe plans to send dead elephants’ brain tissue to U.S. for toxin tests

Zimbabwe plans to send dead elephants’ brain tissue to U.S. for toxin tests

NEWS
ZIMBABWE plans to send brain tissue samples from dead elephants to the United States to test for toxic micro-organisms blamed for hundreds of elephant deaths in neighbouring Botswana, the parks authority said. Thirty-four elephants have died in western Zimbabwe since August 24, Parks and Wildlife Management Authority director general Fulton Mangwanya told a parliamentary committee in a statement on Monday. Botswana blamed toxins produced by cyanobacteria for the deaths of 330 elephants this year. Sometimes called blue-green algae, cyanobacteria are microscopic organisms that are common in water and can produce toxins that damage the liver or nervous system of animals…
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Sep
03
2020
By The African Mirror
Zimbabwe finds more elephant carcasses, death toll at 22

Zimbabwe finds more elephant carcasses, death toll at 22

NEWS
ZIMBABWE’S wildlife agency has discovered more elephant carcasses near a major game park, bringing the number of dead animals suspected to have been killed by a bacterial infection to 22, double the initial figure. The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) has already ruled out poaching and cyanide poisoning for the death of elephants in Pandamasuwe Forest in western Zimbabwe, between the largest wildlife sanctuary Hwange National Park and Victoria Falls. Zimparks spokesman Tinashe Farawo said the latest elephant carcasses were found on Tuesday and Wednesday. Most of the animals were young, with the oldest being 18 years. The…
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Sep
02
2020
By The African Mirror
Zimbabwe suspects elephants died from bacterial infection

Zimbabwe suspects elephants died from bacterial infection

NEWS
Eleven young elephants found dead near Zimbabwe’s biggest game park may have succumbed to a bacterial infection, the country’s parks agency said on Tuesday, after it ruled out poaching and cyanide poisoning. The elephant carcasses were discovered last Friday in Pandamasuwe Forest in western Zimbabwe, between Hwange National Park and Victoria Falls. The mysterious deaths came after Botswana reported the death of more than 200 elephants in June. Columbus Chaitezvi, principal veterinary officer at the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) said that, following preliminary tests, the agency suspected the elephants could have contracted a deadly bacterial infection while…
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Aug
13
2020
By The African Mirror
Kenya elephant numbers more than double in 1980-2018 – tourism minister

Kenya elephant numbers more than double in 1980-2018 – tourism minister

ENVIRONMENT
BAZ RATNER KENYA's elephant numbers more than doubled between 1989 and 2018, thanks to increased anti-poaching efforts, the tourism minister said on Wednesday. Kenya had just 16,000 elephants in 1989, and this rose to more than 34,000 in 2018, Minister Najib Balala said. "In the last couple of years, we have managed to tame poaching in this country," he told reporters during a visit to the Amboseli National Park. The number of elephants poached so far this year stood at seven, down from 34 in all of 2019, and 80 in 2018. While at the park, Balala participated in attaching…
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Jul
31
2020
By The African Mirror
Botswana says natural toxin could be behind elephant deaths

Botswana says natural toxin could be behind elephant deaths

NEWS
BRIAN BENZA PRELIMINARY tests to explain the reason for hundreds of mysterious elephant deaths in Botswana point to a naturally occurring toxin as a probable cause, a senior wildlife official told Reuters. It was highly unlikely that an infectious disease was behind the shocking deaths of at least 281 elephants, added Cyril Taolo, acting director of the Department of Wildlife and National Parks. Officials had been struggling to establish the cause of death more than two months after the first carcasses were spotted in the Okavango Panhandle region. Initial investigations appeared to rule out common causes like poaching and anthrax.…
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