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The reason for what is happening in Botswana in the last four months of massive loss of elephants may be natural toxins. This was stated by the acting Director of the national parks of Botswana Cyril of Tolo on the basis of data received from several leading laboratories in the world.

"Came the test results [tissues of dead elephants] from a number of countries, including the United States, quoted in Thursday, Taolo Reuters. It is unlikely that the cause of infection is microorganisms. Now we have expanded their search and are looking for natural toxins that set including living in the water, the bacteria".

In Africa mysteriously killed hundreds of elephants

Massive loss of elephants began in Botswana last April. To the current day, according to environmental activists, has killed about 300 animals. The authorities have established that the death of elephants is non-violent.

"For dead animals no signs that the elephants were killed by poachers, – said the regional representative of the organization protect wildlife Dimakatso Ntsebe. – All animals the tusks of a".

Do not also confirmed the initial hypothesis that the cause of death of elephants is spread among animals of anthrax. Now laboratory tests ruled out infectious pathogen.

In turn, the portal ScienceAlert reported that most of the dead elephants found near water sources in the Northern part of the Delta of the river Okavango, in the territory of one of the most protected areas of Botswana. Eyewitnesses reported that before his death, the elephants start to walk in circles. Experts suggest that speech can go about the defeat of in animals the Central nervous system. While in neighbouring Namibia there were strange deaths among elephants.

For the current day in Botswana in terms of wildlife inhabits the largest number of elephants among all African countries is 130 thousand On the continent there are now 350 thousand elephants.