DYING IN SILENCE OP-ED: The 951 dead elephants in the Kruger Park and a question everyone should be asking
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The grudging release of previously undisclosed mortality data from the Kruger National Park offers a rare glimpse into how elephants are dying. But the numbers reveal something else: how little the public knows about the decisions made in managing one of the world’s most important elephant populations.
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