Poachers have killed at least 81 elephants and an unknown number of buffaloes and kudus by planting poison in the Hwange National Park and the figure could go up, reports said today. Police said a poaching syndicate, led by a South African businessman, mixed a cocktail of cyanide, salt and water and poured it onto about 35 salt licks at watering holes frequented by elephants. They also would place containers of the deadly mixture into holes they dug near other watering spots.
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