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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Environment
Shola Lawal

MYSTERIOUS: Why is namibia culling elephants and hippos for meat - You Need To See This

Elephants roaming in Torra Conservancy in Namibia [File: Donna Bryson/AP] 

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 African region battles its worst drought in 100 years.

A spokesperson for United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described the situation in the country as a “humanitarian crisis we’ve never spoken much of” at a media conference on Friday.

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