Elephant Killers Revealed: Rare Bacterium Identified as Culprit in Mass Elephant Deaths
VICTORIA FALLS, Zimbabwe – Scientists have identified a rare and little-known bacterium as the cause of the mysterious deaths of dozens of African elephants in northwestern Zimbabwe three years ago. According to researchers from the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area’s Animal Health Sub-Working Group, the bacterium, known as Pasteurellaceae Bisgaard taxon 45, was found in samples … Read more