Anthrax downs 42 hippos in Tanzania’s Ruaha National Park

More than 40 hippopotami in Ruaha National Park have succumbed to the lethal bacterial disease, anthrax, according to a local media report. A spokesman for the south-central sanctuary said this is the largest number of hippos to have been killed in the park by the disease caused by the bacterium, Bacillus anthracis. Christopher Timbuka, Ruaha ["]

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