Zimbabwe outlines plan to cull scores of elephants to feed people after drought

Culling after severe drought wiped out crops across region is also part of effort to decongest country’s parksZimbabwean authorities have set out plans to cull 200 elephants to feed communities facing acute hunger amid the worst drought in four decades.The El Niño-induced drought has wiped out crops across southern Africa, affecting 68 million people and causing food shortages across the region. In Zimbabwe, 7.6 million people are set to face food insecurity from January to April next year, the height of the lean season, according to the World Food Programme. Continue reading...

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