Over 900 Wild Animals Are to be Slaughtered to Meet The Starving Populations of Zimbabwe And Namibia

Zimbabwe and Namibia’s populations are starving as severe drought-like situations have occurred. Zimbabwe recently announced that 200 elephants would be slaughtered so that the needy communities could be given a portion of it.

South African countries have faced these issues for quite a long time; however, they have always been mitigated. The 2024 drought in South African regions created Havoc, and people are starving. The initiative by Zimbabwe and Namibia may help plenty of people across the region.

Zimbabwe is all set to slaughter 200 wild Elephants after the approval of permits and other documentation. Namibia is slaughtering close to 700 wild animals including 73 elephants as the demand for food in Namibia is quite high post drought.

A spokesperson of Zimbabwe National Park Fawao claimed that the elephants will be picked from places that have limited space to sustain and the population has increased. The first target will be Hwange National Park where the temperatures have reached a certain level which makes the habitat quite unsustainable.

Hwange National Park is home to 45,000 elephants which can only accommodate 15000 elephants. This overpopulation further makes the place unsustainable for which slaughtering of the elephants is a potential solution that will significantly help in the drought-like situation.