Zimbabwe: Elephant Numbers Down 6,8 Percent As Poaching Increases

[The Herald] THE number of elephants in Zimbabwe has dropped 6,8 percent to 82 000 in 2014 from 88 000 three years earlier due to increased poaching, illegal trans-border trade of live animals and poor funding, according to the African Wildlife Foundation. "The emergence of a new elephant poaching tactic -- lacing of waterholes with lethal cyanide -- has resulted in deaths of not only elephants in Zimbabwe, but other wildlife," said Kennedy Wekesa, AWF spokesperson, by email. ......