The dead hippos were found in Lake Edward, a lake straddling the border between the DRC and Uganda.<\/p>\n
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Bacillus anthracis causes anthrax, and this bacteria lives naturally in soils around the world.<\/p>\n
Livestock and wild animals can become infected and then pass the disease to humans if they come in contact with infected animals or contaminated animal products.<\/p>\n
\u201cLivestock and wild animals can become infected when they breathe in, eat, or drink spores in contaminated soil, plants, or water,\u201d the CDC says.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople can breathe in anthrax spores, eat food or drink water contaminated with spores, or get spores in a cut or scrape in the skin.\u201d<\/p>\n
Although Virunga National Park hasn\u2019t released an official statement about this devastating loss, the park gave a brief statement to AFP.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnthrax poisoning has killed about 50 hippos in Virunga, Africa\u2019s oldest national park located in the Democratic Republic of Congo\u2019s troubled east, the head of the park told AFP on Tuesday,\u201d wrote AFP News Agency on X.<\/p>\n
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