The tourism ministry on Tuesday ruled out poaching because the animals' valuable tusks were not missing.
With unfenced parks and wide-open spaces, Botswana has Africa's largest elephant population, boasting more than 135,000. AFP/File/MONIRUL BHUIYAN
The landlocked southern African country which boasts the world’s largest elephant population said 12 carcasses had been discovered over the past week in two villages in the northwest of the country. Preliminary investigations then suggested the jumbos were dying from anthrax whilst some died from the effects of drought.
Leading conservation body Elephants Without Borders last year warned of surging elephant poaching in parts of Botswana, estimating that nearly 400 were killed across the country in 2017 and 2018.
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