The truth behind why African elephants are dropping dead
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} No one knew precisely what caused the unexplained tragedy in which 35 African elephants in Zimbabwe mysteriously dropped dead in late 2020. The first to be found was an eight-year-old male found lying in the Panda Masuue forest reserve on 24 August 2020, only to be followed by another 10 elephants found within the next two days, many of them young, all lying dead within a couple of kilometres from each other. Three years later, a new study by a group of scientists has found that a rare bacterium that causes organ inflammation is responsible for the elephants’ untimely deaths.
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