elephant than poaching, so it is a red alarm. total across the country, elephants died already, as by the end ofjune, 179. so far poached animals across the country, there are less than ten. the elephants who roam the kenya s broad savannah bring hundreds of thousands of tourists every year. kenya s wildlife service bring tourists here any time they come down to the tsavo national park because normally there would be hundreds of wild animals here, drinking water, playing with mud, taking a bath, but today there is none. this water pond is gradually drying up and the animals have moved away in search of water. the elephants are not only dying of dehydration but also malnutrition because, even where there are water holes they have seriously depleted vegetation. elephants in a day, they eat 300 kilograms of dry moss, drinking 2a0 litres of water. remember, this is the season
contains upsetting images. a bone here, a jaw there, ribs scattered around, these are the remains of an elephant. in the last few months, such scenes have been found by rangers in kenya s largest park, the tsavo. for the last about 30 minutes we have been following a really, really strong stench. the rangers say that stench will lead us to our carcass. this is the carcass of an elephant and it is still fresh. maybe a few days old. it is nowjust pieces of bones and some flesh remaining. kenya and the larger horn of africa is going through the worst drought in a0 years. there have been four failed rain seasons. the situation has become unforgiving even to the giants of the animal kingdom. climate change kills 20 times more
i m laura trevelyan in washington, and this is bbc world news america. the us economy shrinks again but the president doesn t see a recession. for the second quarter in a row, us economic output falls, raising fears of a recession. but us officials say unemployment is still low. the us energy secretary tells us the new senate climate deal could finally enable america to lower carbon emissions. the us and chinese leaders talk by phone for a marathon two hours plus as tensions grow over taiwan. soldiers on the front line of the war in ukraine say they re doing better against russia thanks to the arrival of western weapons. kenya s elephants in danger. climate change is now more of a threat than poaching.
in parts of the state. the governor said the rain had caused one of the worst, most devastating flooding events , in the state s history, with more than eight inches of rain falling overnight. it comes after record breaking rain left parts of missouri underwater earlier this week. the democratic republican of congo has put 30 oil and gas drilling permits up for auction, opening up part of the world s second biggest rainforest to drilling. activists call this an environmental catastophe, which could release large amounts of carbon into the atmosphere. the drc s president said the process was a way to benefit from the country s natural resources. climate change is now a bigger threat to elephants than poaching so says kenya s wildlife ministry. in the last year official figures show 179 elephants have died due to the ongoing drought. merchuma reports from the tsa vo national park in kenya, where poor rainy seasons have led to rivers drying up. and a warning, her report