Water toxins, bacteria kill hundreds of elephants in Botswana and Zimbabwe

In neighbouring Zimbabwe, about 25 elephant carcasses were found near the country's biggest game park and authorities suspect they succumbed to a bacterial infection.

“We considered the possibility of cyanobacteria but we have no evidence that this is the case here in Zimbabwe,” said Chris Foggin, a veterinarian at the Victoria Falls Wildlife Trust, which tested samples from dead elephants from Zimbabwe and Botswana. Africa's overall elephant population is declining because of poaching but Botswana, home to almost a third of the continent's elephants, has seen numbers grow to about 130,000.Cyanobacteria are micro-organisms that are common in water and also occur in soil. Some can produce toxins that damage the liver or nervous system of animals and humans.

Even the animals are under threat.

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