Forty-one elephants are poisoned with cyanide in salt pans, by poachers in Hwange National Park.

In chemistry, cyanide is an inorganic chemical compound that contains a C≡N functional group. This group, known as the cyano group, consists of a carbon atom triple-bonded to a nitrogen atom.

Hwange National Park is the largest natural reserve in Zimbabwe. It is around 14,600 sq km in area. It lies in the northwest of the country, just off the main road between Bulawayo and Victoria Falls. The nearest town is Dete.

September 6 is the 249th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 116 days remain until the end of the year.