Elephants, zebras, hippos… 723 wild animals to be slaughtered in Namibia to distribute meat to drought victims

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83 éléphants provenant de zones de conflit identifiées seront abattus (illustration). MAXPPP – Florian Launette & Mégane Chêne

Namibia has decided to cull 723 animals to provide meat to the population in response to drought.

Namibia's Environment Ministry has announced plans to cull 723 animals, including 83 elephants, 30 hippos, 60 buffalo, 50 impala, 100 wildebeest, 300 zebra and 100 eland, to address a severe food shortage caused by an exceptional drought, Reuters reported.

</iframe~6>A food crisis</h2> <p>This measure aims to distribute meat to the Namibian population, heavily impacted by the food crisis which affects all of southern Africa, a region facing <em> “its worst drought in decades”</em>, caused by the El Niño phenomenon and global warming climatic.</p> <p> <center></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Namibia?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Namibia</a> <br />Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism <a href="https://twitter.com/MinistryofEnvi2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MinistryofEnvi2</a></p> <p>➡️ Update On the Culling of Wild-animals as a Result of Drought</p> <p>Including <br />● 83 ● Elephants <a href="https://t.co/CbGpVzYPPj">pic.twitter.com/CbGpVzYPPj</a></p> <p>— City's🐘 for Elephants & Rhinos🚩 (@CitysFElephants) <a href="https://twitter.com/CitysFElephants/status/1828137712739885103?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 26, 2024</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center> </p> <p>According to a press release from the ministry published on August 26, this slaughter “<em>is necessary and consistent with their constitutional mandate that their natural resources be used for the benefit of Namibian citizens"</em>.</p> <p>The culling will take place in parks and common areas where"the number of animals exceeds available grazing and water supplies"</em>, in order to "reduce the negative impact of drought on wildlife conservation"</em>.</p> <p>As a result of the drought, human-wildlife conflict has increased, particularly with elephants. The government says that <em> “83 elephants from identified conflict zones will be culled and the meat will be allocated to the drought relief program”</em>.</p> <p>The culls are carried out by “<em>professional hunters under contract with the ministry and conservancies in specific areas”</em>. To date, 157 animals have been culled, producing 56,875 kilograms of meat.</p> <h2 class="txt-int">Strong opposition</h2> <p>However, the move has sparked fierce opposition from animal rights activists. The group “City Fights for Elephants and Rhinos” has launched a petition against what he calls the <em>“largest mass cull of wildlife in Namibia's history”</em>.</p> <p> <center></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">🔴 ✍🏼🦣 PETITION</p> <p>🙏🏻PLEASE sign and share widely <br />🤚🏼Stop <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Namibia?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Namibia</a>'s Largest Mass-Cull of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DesertElephants?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DesertElephants</a> and Other Wildlife</p> <p>✍🏼<a href="https://t.co/ooeaZUlvck">https://t.co/ooeaZUlvck</a> <a href="https://t.co/Rxfy96GbIL">https://t.co/Rxfy96GbIL</a></p> <p>— City's🐘 for Elephants & Rhinos🚩 (@CitysFElephants) <a href="https://twitter.com/CitysFElephants/status/1828442322373153150?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 27, 2024</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center> </p> 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