{"id":49492,"date":"2023-12-12T14:53:55","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T14:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/100-elephants-die-in-zimbabwe-s-largest-game-reserve-from-el-nino-induced\/"},"modified":"2023-12-12T14:59:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T14:59:55","slug":"100-elephants-die-in-zimbabwe-s-largest-game-reserve-from-el-nino-induced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/100-elephants-die-in-zimbabwe-s-largest-game-reserve-from-el-nino-induced\/","title":{"rendered":"100 elephants die in Zimbabwe&#8217;s largest game reserve from El Nino-induced drought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Summer rains are five weeks late due to the ongoing El Nino phenomenon, as dozens of elephants have already died in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe&#8217;s largest protected area, home to about 45,000 elephants, said the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At least 100 elephants are already reported dead due to lack of water,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>The organization said the 104 solar-powered boreholes in the park were inadequate to match extreme temperatures that are drying up existing waterholes, forcing wildlife to walk long distances in search of food and water.<\/p>\n<p>Water-dependent mammals like elephants are among the most affected and these and other wildlife species will face a crisis if rains do not come soon, IFAW said.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, over 200 elephants died in Zimbabwe from severe drought, and according to IFAW, the phenomenon is recurring.<\/p>\n<p>IFAW said the deaths of elephants in Zimbabwe must be seen as a symptom of deep-seated and complex challenges affecting the region&#8217;s natural resources conservation, aggravated by climate change.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-62044\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/el.jpg\" alt=\"Reuters - A herd of elephants walk at a watering hole in Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe, September 29, 2015.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{At least 100 elephants have died in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe&#8217;s largest game reserve, from the El Nino-induced drought, an international animal welfare and conservation group said Monday.}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000062043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[235],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-49492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-xinhua"],"bylines":[{"id":235,"name":"Xinhua","slug":"xinhua","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":80}],"contributors":[{"id":235,"name":"Xinhua","slug":"xinhua","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":80}],"featured_image":{"id":2000062043,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/elephants.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/elephants.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/elephants.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/elephants.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/elephants.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/elephants.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000062043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49492"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=49492"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=49492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}