Drought Caused 55 Elephants to die in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is facing the worst drought in its history which caused the death of at least 55 elephants dead in a month at Hwange National Park. They died because of a lack of food and water, informed the wildlife agency on Monday.
Saying “The problem is real, the situation is dire,” Zimparks spokesman Tinashe Farawo added, “The elephants are dying from starvation and this is a big problem.”
The dry season is the most noticeably terrible in years in the southern African country that is additionally reeling from its crumpled economy, causing massive food and water shortages.
Biologists accept the elephants had voyaged long distances looking for water. Animals stray from Zimbabwe’s wildlife parks, they destroy crops and sometimes kill people. According to the National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority spokesman Tinashe Farawo, 20 people have been killed this year.
The agency was looking to drill more boreholes in Hwange because some existing ones had dried up but it lacked the money  and didn’t get any funding from the government.
Saying it needed buyers to step in and save the beasts from another devastating drought Zimbabwe put its wild animals up for sale in 2016.
Hwange National Park was established in 1930 as a national game park on land spanning nearly 15,000 square meters. The park can handle 15,000 elephants but currently has about 53,000.
“The park was meant to cater to 15,000 elephants, but now is home to more than 55,000 elephants, hence the habitat for smaller animal species has been destroyed too,” said Farawo. The destruction of vegetation is caused by overcrowding in Hwange.
Zimbabwe has one of Africa’s biggest elephant populaces. It needs to chase and fare a greater amount of them to straightforwardness pressure on the creatures’ natural surroundings and collect severely required cash for preservation.
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