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mfcorey1

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Wed Nov 6, 2019, 06:53 AM Nov 2019

Zimbabwe's severe drought killing elephants, other wildlife

MANA POOLS, Zimbabwe (AP) — Weak from hunger and thirst, the elephant struggled to reach a pool of water in this African wildlife reserve. But the majestic mammal got stuck in the mud surrounding the sun-baked watering hole, which had dramatically shrunk due to a severe drought.

Eventually park staff freed the trapped elephant, but it collapsed and died. Just yards (meters) away lay the carcass of a Cape buffalo that had also been pulled from the mud, but was attacked by hungry lions.

Elephants, zebras, hippos, impalas, buffaloes and many other wildlife are stressed by lack of food and water in Zimbabwe’s Mana Pools National Park, whose very name comes from the four pools of water normally filled by the flooding Zambezi River each rainy season, and where wildlife traditionally drink. The word “mana” means four in the Shona language.

https://apnews.com/a33306b82ecf4587a02caa3f6dd9724a

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Zimbabwe's severe drought killing elephants, other wildlife (Original Post) mfcorey1 Nov 2019 OP
I saw this on CNN around 2 am JonLP24 Nov 2019 #1

JonLP24

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1. I saw this on CNN around 2 am
Mon Nov 25, 2019, 06:38 AM
Nov 2019

They are even shipping elephants to China. Sad situation all the way around.

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