Alexander Zakharov said of the upcoming anniversary.

home to the worlds largest jaguar population.says veterinarian Aracelli Hammann.

but these days they have enormous clouds of smoke billowing over them.The Pantanal is a region thats used to fires.A dead crocodile is seen as forest fires rage in the Pantanal wetland in Porto Jofre.

Nearly one-third of the park has been hit by fires in the past month.firefighters face huge logistical battles.

We call it gray hunger when fire reduces all the vegetation to ashes and there are no natural food sources left in the area for animals that survive the flames.

387 fires in the Pantanal in the first 13 days of November.Meeting chair Obert Mpofu referred to him as outgoing president and called it a sad day for Mugabe after his decades in power.

making his continued incumbency all the more unusual and extending Zimbabwes political limbo.Mugabe has discussed his possible resignation on two occasions with military commanders after they effectively took over the country on Tuesday.

The congress is due in a few weeks from now.The meeting replaced Mugabe as party chief with Mnangagwa and recalled the first lady as head of the womens league.