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Zimbabwe plans to allow communities in need to kill up to 200 elephants for meat, while Namibia has already begun its own cull of 700 animals including hippos, buffalo and zebras. Executive Director at the Centre for Natural Resource Governance Farai Maguwu tells The World\u2019s Yvonne Yong that from a conservation perspective the decision is unjustified.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Zimbabwe to cull elephants to feed people left hungry by drought | The World\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zmjbEq1j-Ts?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Zimbabwe Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Hundreds of elephants will be culled in Zimbabwe and Namibia amid severe drought in the southern African countries. Zimbabwe plans to allow communities in need to kill up to 200 elephants for meat, while Namibia has already begun its own cull of 700 animals including hippos, buffalo and zebras. 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