Elephant Refugees
In Botswana's Kalahari woodlands, a family faces a crisis as climate change worsens droughts, attracting elephants to a nearby lodge amid conservation for water. Poaching drove elephants to flee, and after Botswana became poacher-free in 2014, a mass migration followed. With hunting resumed and a severe drought ongoing, Botswana now hosts 60% of Africa's elephants in an effort to keep them alive.
In Botswana's Kalahari woodlands, a family faces a crisis as climate change worsens droughts, attracting elephants to a nearby lodge amid conservation for water. Poaching drove elephants to flee, and after Botswana became poacher-free in 2014, a mass migration followed. With hunting resumed and a severe drought ongoing, Botswana now hosts 60% of Africa's elephants in an effort to keep them alive.
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