In August, Namibia announced it had embarked on a cull of 723 animals, including 83 elephants, 30 hippos and 300 zebras. The following month, Zimbabwe authorized the slaughter of 200 elephants.

A number of elephants have been found dead in Zimbabwe in recent weeks (file photo) Wildlife officials in Zimbabwe say they suspect a bacterial disease is responsible for the deaths of more than ...

In late August 2024, Namibia announced plans to slaughter 723 wild animals, including 83 elephants—a number later raised to a staggering 1,002 ...

The mighty tusker, killed by a professional hunter, was one of 200 wild elephants culled in the past month on Zimbabwe government orders to feed people facing a life-or-death battle for food and ...

Zimbabwe has decided to cull 200 elephants following an earlier declaration of a national state of disaster caused by the drought. Photo: Marianne Botha/Farmer's Weekly Zimbabwe recently confirmed ...

They have also claimed that they have more than enough elephants (in Zimbabwe’s statement it’s "too many elephants”) and that the cull will alleviate ongoing human-elephant conflict situations.