Just one more dimension of the tragedy that has overtaken that country:
Hundreds of wild elephants are the latest refugees from violence and disorder in Robert Mugabe’s crisis-torn Zimbabwe. The animals are fleeing the country by wading across the Zambezi river to escape being shot or trapped by so-called “war veterans” and illegal hunters.Game wardens in Zambia say record numbers of elephants are crossing the Zambezi, which forms the border between the two countries, to avoid being poached by armed gangs in Zimbabwe