Zimbabwe’s elephant culling plan stirs debate
Africa’s elephant population has been dangerously declining – but not in Zimbabwe. Authorities in the southern African country estimate that the number of its mammoth mammals currently stands at slightly more than 100,000 – up from 84,000 in 2014, when the last census was conducted – for a carrying capacity of about 45,000. The surplus has prompted the government in recent weeks to mull the mass killing of elephants – […]