400 BUFFALOES DROWN

GABORONE: More than 400 buffaloes believed to have been chased by lions drowned in a river in northern Bostwana on Tuesday night, the government said. The mass drowning occurred in Chobe River near the border with Namibia. “Initial indications are that they were being chased by a pride of lions,” Bostwana’s ministry of environment, natural resources conservation and tourism said in a statement late on Wednesday. “More than 400 animals drowned due to the massive movement of buffalo trampling, and falling from steep river banks.”– AFP