Tag Archives: Hwange

Deadly Drought in Zimbabwe-3

Posted on November 28, 2012 by patdewilde

More united zebras This morn­ing a zebra has been trapped by the mud after the crust of earth on which he had ven­tured sud­denly brooked under its feet. It was not as dif­fi­cult as an ele­phant, to res­cue. Although a cou­ple of … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Deadly Drought in Zimbabwe-2

Posted on November 22, 2012 by patdewilde

Cap­tured by the sludge Once out of the woods, the young ele­phant imme­di­ately began to frolic around, and then, after drink­ing and spray­ing her­self with mud, curi­ously went to lie next to her dying mother. She stayedthere all the night … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Deadly Drought in Zimbabwe-1

Posted on November 20, 2012 by patdewilde

Ele­phant charge The sky threat­ens, but rains do not come. Water points are now rarest. The last ones, fed by pumps, have turned into vis­cous mud ponds around which the ani­mals rush nonethe­less. The ele­phants monop­o­lize ponds, push­ing away the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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