The SA National Parks conducts regular testing for the presence of the human strain of Tubercolosis in elephants in the Kruger National Park

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Veterinary staff in the Kruger National Park, South Africa battle to position a darted elephant near Skukuza on 29 June 2022. This is part of a project to extract DNA tissue to test for the presence of the human strain of TB.

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Location: Kruger National Park, South Africa
Photo credit: © Lucas Ledwaba / Alamy / Afripics
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