Strange disease has killed a total of 8 elephants in northern Tanzania's district of Ngorongoro, authorities confirmed on Sunday.

 

坦桑尼亚恩戈罗恩戈罗地区一种怪病已造成8头大象死亡。

 

Joseph Meng' oro, Deputy Wildlife Officer at the Ngorongoro District Council expressed his worry over the disease, saying, more deaths could be occurring without notice.

 

"The jumbos started to haemorrhage through their trunks then collapse¹ and eventually die in Arash Ward², in the district," said Meng' oro.

 

Fidelis ole Kashe, an officer with the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), said the jumbo was spotted³ by villagers meandering⁴ in the area before it collapsed⁵ and died.

 

The carcasses for the 8 elephants that have so far perished, feature bleeding trunks (nose bleeding), strange colored stools, sudden drunk-like dizziness while moving, before the jumbos collapsed.

 

Scientists at the Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (TAWIRI), based in Arusha have taken up the case, saying the unidentified disease as well as its resulting death of large mammals, is the first to be experienced in Tanzania.

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