Approximately 50 hypopotes in the first Natural Reserve of Africa died due to anthrax poisoning, chording park officials.
The natural form of the anthrax tok for the giants in the Democratic Republic of the Congo National Park, with officials who warn that the spore form bacteria Bacillus anthracis It could represent a threat to humans, AFP reported.
“Although this disease mainly affects wildlife, it raises a potential risk of transmission to humans, as well as domestic animals,” said the Congolese Institute of Natural Conservation, administered by the Virunga Park at the exit.
Floating river horse boxes were found in a river south of Lake Edward within the Unesco World Heritage site of 3,120 square miles, which was established in 1925.
The authorities believe that the anthrax was present on the ground due to other animals that transport the anthrax that died and were buried near the scene of the mass tomb, according to the report.
There have been similar massive deaths of hypopotamians and other animals due to anthrax poisoning in the Virunga and other reserves of nature in Africa, where anthrax develops naturally in the soil.
This bestial tragedy occurs when the fight is felt throughout the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with the rebels launching a new offensive in the east and floods that kill diets in the Kinshasa capital city, according to reports.
