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Botswana says toxins in water killed hundreds of elephants

A combination photo shows dead elephants in Okavango Delta, Botswana May-June, 2020.

Toxins in water produced by cyanobacteria killed more than 300 elephants in Botswana this year, officials said on Monday, announcing the result of an investigation into the deaths which had baffled and alarmed conservationists.

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