Namibia is a wildlife paradise with visitors having the chance to spot the Big Five — lions, leopards, elephants, buffalos, and rhinoceroses. Although the country’s red-tinted plains and rocky ...

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Namibia is planning to kill more than 700 wild animals, including elephants, zebras and hippos, and distribute the meat to the people struggling with food insecurity as the country grapples with ...

A drastic measure Namibia's government is taking drastic measures to mitigate the consequences of the drought. Scores of wild animals are at risk of dying of thirst due to acute water shortages in ...

Wildlife conservationists, scientists and researchers in Namibia and Southern Africa have warned of impending legal action to halt the culling of wildlife as a "mitigation strategy" to address hunger.

Namibia has announced that it will cull 723 wild animals to feed parts of its population as it grapples with its worst drought in 100 years. In a statement, Namibia’s Ministry of Environment ...

More than 700 wild animals, including hippos and elephants, are being culled in Namibia’s game parks to provide meat for the country’s hungry, the government has said, as the arid Southern ...

They said human-wildlife conflicts were expected to increase without intervention. British high commissioner Charles Moore wrote on social media: “Namibia is very responsible in its use of ...

But this one has been especially devastating and widespread across the region, said Juliane Zeidler, the country director of the World Wildlife Fund in Namibia. “There is no food,” Dr. Zeidler ...