Poachers kill 17 elephants in Zimbabwe

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HARARE (AFP) — Supsected Zambian poachers have killed 17 elephants and a rhino in neighbouring Zimbabwe and wounded a game ranger based near the famed Victoria Falls bordering the two countries. The ranger from National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority was now recovering at a private hospital in the country's second city of Bulawayo, the Sunday Mail said Sunday.

"On Friday, an aerial view was conducted and what was established was that 17 elephant carcasses ranging from fresh to semi-fresh were discovered," an unnamed wildlife source told the weekly. "All of them had their tusks missing. The most affected area has been the Robins Camp. One rhino has been reported to have been killed," Parks and Wildlife Management Authority spokesman Edward Mbewe said: "We experienced...