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Zimbabwe orders cull of 200 elephants amid food shortages from drought

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/14/zimbabwe-orders-cull-of-200-elephants-amid-food-shortages-from-drought

Environment minister says country has more elephants than it needs while critics of hunt say they are a major tourist drawcard

Environment minister says country has more elephants than it needs while critics of hunt say they are a major tourist drawcard

Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20240915050807/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/14/zimbabwe-orders-cull-of-200-elephants-amid-food-shortages-from-drought

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4 comments

lemmyseizethemeans

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I hate everything

Dasus

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They could probably use social media to get some funding for food.

"Donate or we kill these elephants"

Kecessa

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"more elephants than we need"

They're an endangered species you moron!

stink

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Then have western countries take care of them instead of doing everything in their power to make them instinct.

"It is very easy to sit in Berlin and have an opinion about our affairs in Botswana. We are paying the price for preserving these animals for the world"

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