Water shortage drives elephant migration from Zimbabwe
Large numbers of elephants from Zimbabwe's biggest national park are moving to neighboring Botswana in a search for water, a spokesman said Monday.
Large numbers of elephants from Zimbabwe's biggest national park are moving to neighboring Botswana in a search for water, a spokesman said Monday.
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