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 — making the region home ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe – A climate crisis in southern Africa has triggered the government of Zimbabwe to allow for the mass slaughter of elephants, according to a locally based conservation group.

Out of the 228,000 elephants in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, a survey found that the "carcass (mortality) ratio" was at 10.5 percent in 2023. The five countries contain half of ...

Reporting from Livingstone, Zambia — Less than an hour after stepping off the airplane in Livingstone, I had already witnessed elephants drinking from the mighty Zambezi River, watched baboons ...

Only Zambia, Namibia and Botswana backed Zimbabwe's push for permission sell off its ivory stockpiles, mostly from elephants that had died from natural causes and which would be worth hundreds of ...

Languages: English. Zimbabwe is preparing to cull 200 elephants in response to a severe drought and rising ecological pressures, according to an announcement made last week by Environment Minister ...

It’s still lower than pre-2012 levels but an indicator of the pressure on the whole country’s elephant populations.” On October 24 last year, Zambia ... neighbouring Zimbabwe it is peaceful ...

The elephant census that started in Zambia's Kafue National Park has moved to Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe. Botswana, Namibia and Angola will conduct the survey in the next few weeks. It is ...

HWANGE, Zimbabwe — When GPS-triggered alerts show an elephant herd heading toward villages near Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park, Capon Sibanda springs into action. He posts warnings in WhatsApp ...

In May, Zimbabwe convened an African Elephant Summit but failed to unite countries on the continent to fight the ban on the global ivory trade, issued under Cites in 1989. Only Zambia, Namibia and ...

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 – making the region home ...

Zimbabwe has authorized a mass slaughter of elephants to feed citizens left hungry by its worst drought in decades. With nearly half of the country’s population facing the risk of acute hunger ...