Poisoning deaths of 350 elephants linked to climate change
With no evidence of poaching, the mystery of sudden mass elephant deaths deepened. As the death toll rose to an alarming 350, a theory started to surface. Could toxic algae blooming in the elephants’ watering holes be responsible?
Botswana's elephant mystery: Climate change and toxic blooms
Scientists from the United Kingdom are closing in on solving the mystery of the mass death of 350 elephants in Botswana in 2020. Satellite data analysis suggests that toxins from cyanobacteria and climate change are possible causes,
Satellite evidence bolsters case that climate change caused mass elephant die-off
A new study has provided further evidence that the deaths of 350 African elephants in Botswana during 2020 were the result of drinking from water holes where toxic algae populations had exploded due to climate change.
Climate Change Driven Algal Blooms Linked to Mass Elephant Deaths in Botswana
A study by King's College London reveals that toxic algal blooms, possibly intensified by climate change, caused the mysterious mass deaths of over 350 elephants in Botswana in 2020. The study used satellite data to correlate algae growth in waterholes with the regions where elephants died.
Hundreds of endangered African elephants suddenly died. New evidence finds a link to climate change
New data from satellites has provided further evidence that the deaths of hundreds of endangered Botswanan elephants were the result of climate change. A new analysis found that the mass die-off in 2020 was likely tied to toxic algae in watering holes.
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Mass Elephant Die-Off in Botswana Likely Due to Algae Poisoning, Satellites Show
A mass die-off of African elephants in Botswana in 2020 has been linked to toxic algae in watering holes in a new study.
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New study links Botswana’s 2022 elephant die-Off to toxic algal blooms
In 2022, 350 African elephant carcasses were found in the northeastern sector of Botswana, known as the eastern Okavango ...
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Botswana and Germany are feuding over elephants
Germany is at odds with Botswana over a unique resource — Botswana's elephant population. After the German government announced it would seek to ban the importation of hunting trophies ...
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Botswana gives leaders stools made from elephant feet
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Botswana Lifts Ban on Elephant Hunting
To the intense dismay of conservationists and animal welfare advocates, Botswana has lifted a 5-year-old ban on elephant hunting. The Botswana government claims there is growing conflict between ...
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Botswana to start auctions of elephant hunting licenses
Botswana on Friday will hold its first major auction for trophy elephant hunting quotas since controversially scrapping a hunting ban last year, a wildlife official said. President Mokgweetsi ...
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Botswana elephant poaching 'no hoax'
One of the last elephant sanctuaries in Africa has "a significant elephant-poaching problem", according to the final results of an aerial wildlife survey in Botswana seen by the BBC. Elephants ...
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Ex-NRA head Wayne LaPierre and his wife secretly turned elephants they shot in Botswana into home decor: report
In late April, leaked graphic video footage obtained by The New Yorker and The Trace showed the LaPierres each shooting and killing an elephant in Botswana in 2013. An export company in Botswana ...
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Southern African Countries in Bid to Fight UK Anti-Hunting Bill
Six southern African countries have voiced disappointment with new efforts by the British Labour Party government to ...