A sad death in the river of the Namibian national park: a hundred hippos died probably due to anthrax or anthrax disease, to announce it was the Namibian Minister of the Environment, Pohamba Shifeta. All the animals died in the same period of time and this worries the local authorities a lot.
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A sad death in the river of the national park of Namibia: a hundreds of hippos they probably died from anthrax or anthrax disease, Namibian Environment Minister Pohamba Shifeta announced it. All the animals died in the same period of time and this worries the local authorities a lot.
Riversi on the back and on the water, an atrocious sight that in the park of Bwabwata and probably never seen before. The photographs were published in the local press.
“More than a hundred hippos died last week. The cause is not known but it is suspected that it is anthrax ”, the Minister of the Environment told AFP.
Anthrax is a deadly bacterial disease that usually kills cattle and sometimes even humans, while the anthrax disease it is a bacterial disease generally associated with arid climates. According to the minister, however, the toll could be even higher because some hippo carcasses may have already been devoured by crocodiles.
"This is a situation we have never seen before because previous outbreaks had only killed a couple of hippos and elephants," Colgar Sikopo, director of parks and wildlife management at the Ministry of Environment and Wildlife, told the New Era newspaper. Namibian tourism.
BREAKING NEWS: Over 50 hippos found dead in Bwabwata
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- New Era Newspaper (@NewEraNewspaper) October 6, 2017
Veterinarians in the area are now working to find the exact cause of death and prevent other animals from ending up in the same way. A similar outbreak occurred in Uganda in 2004 when 180 hippos died from anthrax and more than 2300 reindeer died in Siberia.
It remains to be clarified now whether it is water that is contaminated. The authorities for prevention have issued a note to the inhabitants of the area, recommending that they stay away from animals to avoid contracting a potentially fatal disease.
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Bwabwata is a national park located in northeastern Namibia, it was established in 2007 and measures 6.274 square kilometers in size, where many wildlife animals live together with over 5500 people. A perfect match where local communities help preserve the wonders of the park.
Dominella Trunfio
