Elephants In The Dust

An aerial view of an elephant killed in tall grass. The clearing around the elephant has been made by scavengers. Zakouma National Park, Chad.

This elephant carcass is about 1 week old. Decay rates vary greatly depending on humidity, scavenger abundance and soil type. Zakouma National Park, Chad.

These juvenile elephants were part of a herd of 64 elephants that were killed in Zakouma National Park, Chad. All the elephants were killed in a very small space (half the length of a soccer pitch), suggesting that it was the work of experienced, professional poachers, who first shot the matriarch.

38