Young elephants gather at a watering hole in Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park. (Image credit: Wikimedia Commons)
Poachers have begun using more subtle techniques to slaughter elephants in Zimbabwe, swapping rifles and machetes for industrial grade poison. Yesterday, a provincial court convicted three poachers on charges of using cyanide to kill scores of elephants in Zimbabwe's largest national park, sentencing each to at least 15 years in prison. Earlier this week, authorities confirmed that 87 elephants have been killed by cyanide in Hwange National Park, a total that includes the 41 poisoned animals discovered there earlier this month.
It's not entirely clear how the elephants were poisoned, though authorities believe poachers placed...
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