Outrage Grows as Namibia Pushes Ahead to Auction 170 Wild Elephants ...

Namibia has put 170 “high value” wild elephants up for sale due to drought and an increase in elephant numbers, the southern African country’s environmental ministry said on Wednesday. An ...

Namibia is in the process of capturing 57 wild elephants sold last year at auction, according to a statement today from the country’s Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism. To the ...

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Namibia said Wednesday it had sold just a third of the 170 live elephants it put up for auction in a bid to reduce tusker populations under pressure from drought and territorial conflict with humans.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Drought is now so bad in parts of southern Africa that governments say they must kill hundreds of their most captivating, majestic ...