Energy & Science
Mass Elephant Deaths Baffle Home of World’s Largest Herd
- Samples are being tested to see if anthrax caused the deaths
- Botswana has a national herd of 135,000 African elephants
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Wildlife authorities in Botswana, the country with the world’s biggest elephant population, are seeking an explanation for the death of 56 of the animals in the northwest of the country.