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From 6 July 2006, a graphic version of the current edition is available at the Daily News Online web site.

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Kasane-based district wildlife coordinator Molothanyi Othomile said more animals were likely to die and that they had started burying the carcasses so scavengers such as vultures did not feed on the meat.

However, he said there was no sign that predators like lion, jackal and hyena were interested in the carcasses.

Othomile appealed to the public to stay away from the carcasses and report any sightings of dead animals in and outside Chobe National Park.

This is the first outbreak to hit the park. According to the Internet, "anthrax is an acute infectious disease caused by the spore forming bacterium".

It mainly occurs in wild and domestic animals such as sheep goats and cattle but can also occur in humans when exposed to infected animals or tissue from infected animals.

Symptoms include skin infection that develops into an ulcer and at times swelling of lymph glands, breathing problems, vomiting, fever and ultimately death if it not treated.

Meanwhile, a senior Agricultural Resources Board officer, Lekitane Mhaladi, said that the veld fire, which has destroyed vast areas of land in the Kasane Forest Reserve, had displaced many wild animals.

Mhaladi said that large numbers of wildlife in the Chobe District would now travel long distances to the river to drink without any thing to feed on.

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