The bodies of young elephants covered in the brown dirt of dried-up wells tell a heartrending story.
Reaching desperately for drops of water, they had lowered their trunks, toppled in, remained trapped and died in Mali's scorching heat.
The "last desert elephants in West Africa" have "adapted to survive in the harsh conditions" they face, Save the Elephants said Monday. But now, the group says, conditions have gone from bad to worse, and they are living "on the margin of what is ecologically viable." 
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All About Mali • Drought • United Nations World Food Programme
