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Caprivi in Anthrax Scare

2008-09-02 - Katima Mulilo , Namibia. Reagan Malumo

A mysterious disease believed to be anthrax is exerting a grim toll on Caprivi’s elephant herd, wiping out large numbers of these majestic wild animals particularly in the area of Nakabolelwa, about 90 kilometres east of Katima Mulilo. A village headman at Nakabolelwa told New Era that last month at least four elephants succumbed to the mysterious disease in that area. He said several other cases were also confirmed at a nearby settlement in Botswana and that it is suspected that the elep...


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Botswana Elephants Hit Namibia Crops

2005-03-04 - KATIMA MULILO, Namibia. Peter Apps

Botswana's burgeoning elephant population is increasingly thundering across the border into neighboring Namibia and causing havoc, an environmental development group says.

A crack down on poaching to boost tourism and years without culling and disease has allowed Botswana's elephant population to swell to over 100,000.

But the group, a Namibian organization backed by the World Wildlife Fund, says there are now too many.


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2 Headlines about Elephants from KATIMA MULILO2008-09-02 - Katima Mulilo , Namibia - Caprivi in Anthrax Scare 2005-03-04 - KATIMA MULILO, Namibia - Botswana Elephants Hit Namibia Crops

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