![epa08524236 Aerial view of the carcass of one of the approximately 350 elephants that have been found dead for unknown reasons in the Okavango Delta area, near the town of Maun, northern Botswana, 03 July 2020. This unprecedented death toll for the pachyderms does not appear to be related to poaching, as their coveted ivory tusks are still attached to the corpses. Authorities are performing various tests to determine the cause of death. EPA/STR](https://static.sky.it/images/skytg24/it/ambiente/2020/07/01/botswana-elefanti-morti/MNB_SRequestManager%20(2).jpg.transform/hero-mobile/cdd93afdbafd9655289d837bd6197f5615b2de90/img.jpg)
Botswana, morti oltre 350 elefanti nel nord del Paese: le cause sono un mistero. FOTO
Per gli scienziati si tratta di un "disastro ambientale" cominciato a inizio maggio quando fu trovato un gruppo di elefanti morti nel delta dell'Okavango. Alla fine del mese il numero era salito a 169 e a metà giugno più che raddoppiato con il 70% degli animali trovati senza vita vicino a pozze d'acqua. "Una moria del genere non si vedeva da tempo, forse non si era mai vista. A parte nei periodi di siccità, non c'è mai stato un numero di morti così elevato", ha detto il direttore della ong National Park Rescue
![BOTSWANA NATURE ANIMALS ELEPHANT DEATHS epa08524234 Aerial view of the carcass of one of the approximately 350 elephants that have been found dead for unknown reasons in the Okavango Delta area, near the town of Maun, northern Botswana, 03 July 2020. This unprecedented death toll for the pachyderms does not appear to be related to poaching, as their coveted ivory tusks are still attached to the corpses. Authorities are performing various tests to determine the cause of death. EPA/STR](https://static.sky.it/images/skytg24/it/ambiente/2020/07/01/botswana-elefanti-morti/elefanti.jpg.transform/gallery-horizontal-mobile/28e9df6045ac478e7b61080fd0b9c1d47e1f8054/img.jpg)
Oltre 350 elefanti sono morti nel nord del Botswana per cause ancora misteriose e in tempi molto rapidi. Lo riporta il Guardian
Festa allo zoo di Colonia: è nata un'elefantina![BOTSWANA NATURE ANIMALS ELEPHANT DEATHS epa08524245 Aerial view of the carcass of one of the approximately 350 elephants that have been found dead for unknown reasons in the Okavango Delta area, near the town of Maun, northern Botswana, 03 July 2020. This unprecedented death toll for the pachyderms does not appear to be related to poaching, as their coveted ivory tusks are still attached to the corpses. Authorities are performing various tests to determine the cause of death. EPA/STR](https://static.sky.it/images/skytg24/it/ambiente/2020/07/01/botswana-elefanti-morti/MNB_SRequestManager%20(5).jpg.transform/gallery-horizontal-mobile/871b5deeb16a5ab2c5f66b3ec460a1e55225799a/img.jpg)
Per gli scienziati si tratta di un "disastro ambientale" cominciato a inizio maggio quando fu trovato un gruppo di elefanti morti nel delta dell’Okavango
India, elefantessa morta dopo aver mangiato ananas piena di petardi![BOTSWANA NATURE ANIMALS ELEPHANT DEATHS epa08524240 Aerial view of the carcass of one of the approximately 350 elephants that have been found dead for unknown reasons in the Okavango Delta area, near the town of Maun, northern Botswana, 03 July 2020. This unprecedented death toll for the pachyderms does not appear to be related to poaching, as their coveted ivory tusks are still attached to the corpses. Authorities are performing various tests to determine the cause of death. EPA/STR](https://static.sky.it/images/skytg24/it/ambiente/2020/07/01/botswana-elefanti-morti/MNB_SRequestManager%20(1).jpg.transform/gallery-horizontal-mobile/fd6e5ffc52b4f3c3a7cfd9a0f7065eebb25f4866/img.jpg)
Alla fine del mese il numero era salito a 169 e a metà giugno più che raddoppiato con il 70% degli animali trovati senza vita vicino a pozze d’acqua
Trovati due delfini morti sulla costa di Fiumicino. FOTO![BOTSWANA NATURE ANIMALS ELEPHANT DEATHS epa08524236 Aerial view of the carcass of one of the approximately 350 elephants that have been found dead for unknown reasons in the Okavango Delta area, near the town of Maun, northern Botswana, 03 July 2020. This unprecedented death toll for the pachyderms does not appear to be related to poaching, as their coveted ivory tusks are still attached to the corpses. Authorities are performing various tests to determine the cause of death. EPA/STR](https://static.sky.it/images/skytg24/it/ambiente/2020/07/01/botswana-elefanti-morti/MNB_SRequestManager%20(2).jpg.transform/gallery-horizontal-mobile/cdd93afdbafd9655289d837bd6197f5615b2de90/img.jpg)
Il governo del Botswana deve ancora effettuare dei test sui cadaveri degli elefanti per capire le ragioni della strage e se ci siano rischi per la salute dell’uomo
![BOTSWANA NATURE ANIMALS ELEPHANT DEATHS epa08524242 Aerial view of the carcass of one of the approximately 350 elephants that have been found dead for unknown reasons in the Okavango Delta area, near the town of Maun, northern Botswana, 03 July 2020. This unprecedented death toll for the pachyderms does not appear to be related to poaching, as their coveted ivory tusks are still attached to the corpses. Authorities are performing various tests to determine the cause of death. EPA/STR](https://static.sky.it/images/skytg24/it/ambiente/2020/07/01/botswana-elefanti-morti/MNB_SRequestManager%20(6).jpg.transform/gallery-horizontal-mobile/aa0b83e7cd641ab87a31e7b7218042ba95d6df63/img.jpg)
Secondo testimoni locali, prima di morire gli elefanti hanno cominciato a girare su stessi, segno di un problema neurologico
![BOTSWANA NATURE ANIMALS ELEPHANT DEATHS epa08524237 Aerial view of the carcass of one of the approximately 350 elephants that have been found dead for unknown reasons in the Okavango Delta area, near the town of Maun, northern Botswana, 03 July 2020. This unprecedented death toll for the pachyderms does not appear to be related to poaching, as their coveted ivory tusks are still attached to the corpses. Authorities are performing various tests to determine the cause of death. EPA/STR](https://static.sky.it/images/skytg24/it/ambiente/2020/07/01/botswana-elefanti-morti/MNB_SRequestManager%20(9).jpg.transform/gallery-horizontal-mobile/e39b35112c737bc0a78d3a5ba2e10df53ab0e437/img.jpg)
E adesso c'è la preoccupazione che altri ne moriranno nelle prossime settimane, avvertono gli ambientalisti che sul posto hanno già notato alcuni esemplari dimagrire
![1171794169 A farmer look at his cattle drinking water in one of the dry channel of the wildlife reach Okavango Delta near the Nxaraga village in the outskirt of Maun, on 28 September 2019. - The Okavango Delta is one of Africa's last remaining great wildlife habitat and provides refuge to huge concentrations of game. Botswana government declared this year as a drought year due to no rain fall through out the country. (Photo by MONIRUL BHUIYAN / AFP) (Photo by MONIRUL BHUIYAN/AFP via Getty Images)](https://static.sky.it/images/skytg24/it/ambiente/2020/07/01/botswana-elefanti-morti/GettyImages-1171794169.jpg.transform/gallery-horizontal-mobile/897d38989f26b2eda6ad4d5d0f8f4ca9d761affd/img.jpg)
Ed è "un disastro ambientale", spiega McCann accusando il governo di non proteggere la sua più grande risorsa
![1171794185 TOPSHOT - An elephant sits in the water in one of the dry channel of the wildlife reach Okavango Delta near the Nxaraga village in the outskirt of Maun, on 28 September 2019. - The Okavango Delta is one of Africa's last remaining great wildlife habitat and provides refuge to huge concentrations of game. Botswana government declared this year as a drought year due to no rain fall through out the country. (Photo by MONIRUL BHUIYAN / AFP) (Photo by MONIRUL BHUIYAN/AFP via Getty Images)](https://static.sky.it/images/skytg24/it/ambiente/2020/07/01/botswana-elefanti-morti/GettyImages-1171794185.jpg.transform/gallery-horizontal-mobile/5a6a5b57f55b2a9110ea1275167111ed2b02e02e/img.jpg)
Secondo il sito Africa Geographic, non sono stati riportati casi di morti simili in Namibia
![1171794204 Elephants drink water in one of the dry channel of the wildlife reach Okavango Delta near the Nxaraga village in the outskirt of Maun, on 28 September 2019. - The Okavango Delta is one of Africa's last remaining great wildlife habitat and provides refuge to huge concentrations of game. Botswana government declared this year as a drought year due to no rain fall through out the country. (Photo by MONIRUL BHUIYAN / AFP) (Photo by MONIRUL BHUIYAN/AFP via Getty Images)](https://static.sky.it/images/skytg24/it/ambiente/2020/07/01/botswana-elefanti-morti/GettyImages-1171794204.jpg.transform/gallery-horizontal-mobile/b2575039096b550b41c6675e44c1948cdcd0ea7a/img.jpg)
Il 70% delle carcasse sono state viste vicino a pozze d'acqua