The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority has deployed at least 150 personnel which includes park rangers, police officers and environmental cleanup workers after another 2 elephants were discovered dead. One of the elephants had its tusks hacked off and the elephants are suspected to have been poisoned using cyanide. This brings the total number of elephants poisoned, in the last 3 months to 12. Zimparks spokesperson, Tinashe Farawo said:
Currently we have deployed at least 150 personnel including parks, police and (members of the) Environmental Management Agency.
They’re already on the ground responding to these incidences of poaching.
The two elephants are suspected to have died of cyanide poisoning, which was administered on salt licks. One of the elephants had its tusks removed by poachers whilst the other one had its tusks intact.
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