fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week agoAncient elephant migration routes are being blocked off can anything stop the rising death toll?
At nearly 3.5-metres tall and weighing as much as a bus, you could be forgiven for assuming that Goshi one of an estimated 30 super-tusker elephants left in Africa would be easy to find. The radio tracker picking up his signal beeps encouragingly, indicating the giant bull is within 200 metres. But the dry season has turned the mass of arid acacia scrubland grey, and everything seems to resemble an elephant. Even when they are invisible, the huge herbivores shape the landscape here.
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