But Chris Thouless, research director at the Elephant Crisis Fund, cautioned that the high proportion of carcasses could be a natural phenomenon.
He said: “This data is not inconsistent with a higher mortality rate from poaching, but is not strong evidence for it.”
Botswana has the largest elephant population in Africa and experts say statistics indicate that…
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