Rangers 'kill jumbos over pay'

29 October 2015 - 02:18
By ©The Daily Telegraph

Elephants are being poisoned in Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park by disgruntled rangers, conservation sources say. At least 62 elephants have died from cyanide hidden in salt licks and oranges in Zimbabwe in the past month alone.In the latest episode, in the Sinamatella area in the northwest of the park, rangers discovered the corpses of 22 elephants this week.

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