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Drought is forcing Namibian desert elephants to seek water near human settlements. But human encounters with the giant mammals frequently end in tragedies. Elephants are being shot, and their ...

Drought is now so bad in parts of southern Africa that governments say they must kill hundreds of their most captivating, majestic wild animals to feed desperately hungry people. In August, Namibia ...

Namibia has authorized the culling of hundreds of animals, including elephants, as part of a plan to feed people in the drought-stricken southern African country. About half of Namibia's population is ...

The southern African nation of Namibia is planning to butcher hundreds of its most majestic animals to feed some of the 1.4 million people – nearly half the country – who are in a hunger crisis amid ...

HARARE – Zimbabwe and Namibia have announced plans to slaughter hundreds of wild elephants and other animals to feed hunger-stricken residents amid severe drought conditions in the southern African ...

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Namibia plans to cull 723 wild animals, including 83 elephants, and distribute the meat to people struggling to feed themselves because of a severe drought across southern Africa, the environment ...