At least a hundred elephants are dead after a water shortage in Zimbabwe’s largest national park.
According to wildlife experts from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), it is due to climate change.
Hwange National Park is home to approximately 45,000 elephants plus more than a hundred different types of mammals and 400 species of birds.
In the national park there are also 104 solar-powered boreholes which are the main source of water for the animals.
Now the park management says that it is not enough and that the boreholes are no match for extremely high temperatures. Many of them have dried out.
– The worst affected are the youngest, oldest and sick animals who cannot travel long distances to find water, says national park spokesperson Tinashe Farawo to Sky News.
In addition to climate change, experts say the El Niño weather phenomenon is exacerbating extreme weather.
– El Niño makes an already serious situation worse, says Farawo.
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