Namibia plans to kill elephants, buffalos and hippos to feed drought-stricken countrymen
#Namibia has announced its plan to kill 723 wild animals to feed citizens who have been affected by the worse drought the country has experienced in 100 years.
In a statement dated August 26, the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism announced that the animals will include 30 Hippos, 60 buffalos, 50 impalas, 100 blue Wilderbeest, 300 Zebras, 83 elephants and 100 elands.
Namibia plans to kill elephants, buffalos and hippos to feed drought-stricken countrymen
Namibia has announced its plan to kill 723 wild animals to feed citizens who have been affected by the worse drought the country has experienced in 100 years.Moses Kinyanjui (Citizen Digital)
Richard Michael Blaber
in reply to Jonathan • • •MadeInDex
in reply to Richard Michael Blaber • • •@rmblaber1956
As if killing some of the last #wildlife will solve their problems... 😢
Amazing "national parks"...
"Reducing wildlife numbers, according to the Ministry, will help reduce the negative impact of drought on the conservation of wild animals in the nation by taming grazing pressure and water availability." 🤯
Are they offering any option to prevent this? They could do fundraiser-hostage-livestreams, people would pay
#animals #wilderness #nature #animalrights #protect
L'égrégore André ꕭꕬ
in reply to MadeInDex • • •Whenever you want to state that we (humans) caused this, ask yourself "who's 'we' in this scenario?" cause the Namibians sure as hell hasn't caused any of it.
Put your energy into tearing down billionaires instead of attacking their victims, you damn ghouls.
MadeInDex
in reply to L'égrégore André ꕭꕬ • • •I agree that Namibia is among those countries least at fault for the condition the world currently is in. However I don't think killing #wildlife will solve any problems, only worsen them.
This is not criticism of the people, but their government.
They are obviously not doing well if they have to kill wildlife to "feed" their people.
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MadeInDex
in reply to MadeInDex • • •2/2
As of 2022 Namibia was exporting agricultural products (including "Animal products, live animals").
https://www.statista.com/statistics/823028/export-of-commodities-from-namibia/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_in_Namibia#Economics
The government for example could have stocked more food among other things (especially after having had droughts from 2018 to 2021).
They don't seem to be reducing livestock for "grazing pressure and water availability".
We are just sad for the #animal victims who are BY FAR least to blame.
Export of commodities from Namibia 2022
StatistaL'égrégore André ꕭꕬ
in reply to MadeInDex • • •@madeindex @rmblaber1956 Is the livestock the governments property? But don't worry, the livestock's not doing well either _which is why they need to cull the wildlife to feed the people_.
The culling of wildlife is due to 83% of the reserves (including "reserves" of livestock) being depleted and the fact that 500 wild animals sharing water that can sustain 400 will cause 500 wild animals not having enough water.
No, you're not just sad for the animals, you're just high and mighty
MadeInDex
in reply to L'égrégore André ꕭꕬ • • •@Mabande @rmblaber1956
I see this (in part) as a failure of the government, you don't seem to, let's agree to disagree.
At least some good news: #WWF Namibia is working on getting #water to the national parks 👍
L'égrégore André ꕭꕬ
in reply to MadeInDex • • •Richard Michael Blaber
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