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Hundreds of elephants have died mysteriously in Botswana’s famed Okavango Delta, the head of the wildlife department said Thursday, ruling out poaching as the tusks were found intact. The landlocked southern African country has the world’s largest elephant population, estimated to be around 130,000. Cyril Taolo, the acting director of the department of Wildlife and National Parks, told AFP that there are reports of 356 dead elephants in the area north of the Okavango Delta. He said the cause of the deaths was yet to be established with anthrax having been ruled out. Samples have been collected and sent to South Africa, Zimbabwe and Canada for testing//AFP