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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>A 71-year old South African tourist was on Wednesday trampled to death by an elephant \u201cin full view\u201d of his son at Zimbabwe\u00b4s Mana Pools National Park.<\/p>\n

Mana Pools is a UNESCO World Heritage Site known for its splendid setting along the Zambezi River and surrounding flood plain teeming with elephants and other wildlife.<\/p>\n

The victim, Michael Bernard Walsh, a veterinarian from Cape Town, was a \u201cloyal tourist\u201d who had been visiting Mana Pools \u201calmost every year\u201d for the past 35 years, according to Tinashe Farawo, spokesman for the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks).<\/p>\n

Farawo said the father and son duo had left their car about 40 meters (44 yards) from the scene of the incident. He said:<\/p>\n

It is with great sadness that a 71-year-old South African veterinary doctor was trampled to death by an elephant in Mana Pools in full view of his 41-year-old son.<\/p>\n

He has been visiting the park since 1986. The duo was on a morning walk in the park.<\/p>\n

Last week an anti-poaching coordinator with a conservation group was trampled to death by an elephant in Victoria Falls in western Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n

Clever Kapandura, an operations coordinator for the Victoria Falls Anti-Poaching Unit, a non-governmental organization, was part of a team of scouts deployed to investigate reports of a possible poaching incident.<\/p>\n

An elephant bull reportedly charged from about 120 meters (130 yards) away and seized the man and killed him.<\/p>\n

Zimbabwe\u2019s national parks and environmental groups are reporting increasing cases of conflict between humans and wildlife in recent years.<\/p>\n

More than 40 people have died from such conflicts in parks and other rural areas in Zimbabwe so far this year, said Farawo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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