Zimbabwe's elephant population is estimated at around 100,000, nearly double the land’s capacity. The country hasn’t culled elephants in close to four decades.

Hwange is home to around 45,000 elephants along with more than 100 other mammal species and 400 bird species. Zimbabwe’s rainy season once started reliably in October and ran through to March.

The month-long campaign features billboards, a sand sculpture, and the delivery of more than 60,000 petition signatures.

Zimbabwe has announced that dozens of its elephants will be killed to control the population size and the meat from the carcasses will be distributed to people. The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife ...

Zimbabwe is home to around 100,000 elephants, yet the country's capacity is only half that number. As villagers and elephants increasingly get into conflicts over crops and water, the country has ...

Hwange is home to around 45,000 elephants along with more than 100 other mammal species and 400 bird species. Zimbabwe's rainy season once started reliably in October and ran through to March.

Zimbabwe has reportedly authorized the killing of elephants due to a drought caused by a strong El Nino. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo/File photo The 2023–24 El Niño formed in June 2023 and lasted ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

The culls have drawn criticism from animal rights activists and conservationists. Zimbabwe is home to more than 84,000 elephants, Farawo said, around double its "capacity of 45,000," he added.

At least 100 elephants have died in Zimbabwe's largest national park in recent weeks because of drought, their decaying carcases a grisly sign of what wildlife authorities and conservation groups ...

Zimbabwe’s collaring project may offer a way forward. Sixteen elephants, mostly matriarchs, have been fitted with GPS collars, allowing rangers to track entire herds by following their leaders.