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Elephant culling in Zimbabwe
September 24 , 2024
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- Zimbabwe plans to cull 200 elephants to feed communities facing acute hunger after the worst drought in four decades.
- The El Niño-induced drought wiped out crops in southern Africa, impacting 68 million people and causing food shortages across the region.
- The cull, the first in the country since 1988, will take place in Hwange, Mbire, Tsholotsho and Chiredzi districts.
- It follows neighbouring Namibia’s decision last month to cull 83 elephants and distribute meat to people impacted by the drought.
- More than 200,000 elephants are estimated to live in a conservation area spread over five southern African countries - Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, Angola and Namibia.
- Zimbabwe is home to over 84,000 elephants.
- Zimbabwe has about $600 million worth of ivory stockpiles that it cannot sell.
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