Sewage-polluted lake water kills rhinos, other wildlife in Zimbabwe

Carcasses of rhinos, zebras and other wildlife were burned in December 2024 at Lake Chivero, about 20 kilometers west of Harare, Zimbabwe, after the animals died from drinking contaminated lake water. Dead fish wash ashore at Lake Chivero, Zimbabwe, on Dec. 18, 2024.

A Zimbabwean national park is hosting relocated wildlife from a game park just outside the country's capital after an autopsy report on Saturday confirmed that four rhinos and several other animals died after drinking contaminated lake water.