[Ammi]

...sadly because of COVID-19 restrictions with the testing, the result will not be known for a few weeks...they’ve fallen face down as if slumping suddenly../...a very sudden death...


"This is totally unprecedented in terms of numbers of elephants dying in a single event unrelated to drought," conservation biologist Niall McCann, director of National Park Rescue, told the BBC, explaining disease has yet to be ruled out as a cause.

"Yes, it is a conservation disaster - but it also has the potential to be a public health crisis."

We need answers not just for the sake of the other elephants, but to ensure we're protected, too.



...so, so sad...2020 is becoming horrific in so many ways...