killed by an Elephant???

[Mortblanc]

My understanding is that hippos are responsible for more deaths in Africa than any other beast!

As you say, they fan out over the countryside to graze at night and have nasty tempers too boot. We think of them as river dwellers but that is their daytime pursuit.

Probably best to stay indoors after dark.

Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world with one of the lowest annual income levels, and has no industrial base. Almost 100% rural and agricultural.

I have friends in Malawi and have never heard them speak of a poaching problem. Perhaps I was too busy laughing at the explosive diarrhea and goat head on a bed of rice stories.

Of course the wildlife management officers in my own area are constantly catching poachers and I never hear about that either.