Hippo deaths in Namibia
The Daily mail is reporting that 109 hippos have died in the Bwabwata National Park since Sunday last week. The cause of death is suspected to
be a natural outbreak of anthrax. Outbreaks are not uncommon and can occur when
rivers are running low. The hippo population before the outbreak was thought to be 1,300. Hippopotamus are listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red list. Veterinarians are still working to confirm the cause of death [anthrax].
To read the full report and read more about what Anthrax is,
you can follow the Link to the full article on Daily
Mail here
The Center for Disease Control also has a page explaining
anthrax, which you can
access here.
The CDC web page also had this graph of the Anthrax life cycle:
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