Warning: Some people may find the following images upsetting. No-one knows why the animals are dying in Botswana - home to a third of Africa's declining elephant population. The main threat to Africa's elephant population is poaching, but in Botswana, numbers have grown from 80,000 in the late 1990s to 130,000 in recent years. POISON . Poachers have reduced Africa’s total elephant population in recent years. Botswana has the world's largest elephant population, estimated at 130,000 [File: Cameron Spencer/Getty] Samples have been collected and sent to South Africa, Zimbabwe and Canada for testing. With an estimated 415,000 elephants left on the continent, the species is regarded as vulnerable, although certain populations are being poached towards extinction. Hundreds of African elephants mysteriously dead in Botswana Hundreds of elephants have suddenly died in a “conservation disaster” for the vulnerable population. While some populations of African elephant are secure and expanding, primarily in southern Africa, numbers are continuing to fall in other areas, particularly in central Africa and parts of East Africa. The country has seen its elephant population grow from 80,000 in the 1990s to about 130,000 today. WARNING: Graphic images. Elephant numbers are declining in Africa but Botswana has been a rare success story.

Africa’s overall elephant population is declining due to poaching, but Botswana has been an exception, with elephant numbers growing to 130,000 from 80,000 in the late 1990s. Facebook Twitter

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