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He Namibian government to slaughter 723 animalsincluding elephants, zebras And hipposamong other things, to supply meat to the population and thereby “alleviate” insecurity food caused by severe drought caused by the El Niño weather phenomenon in southern Africa.

“He The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Tourism will make its contribution “with 30 hippos, 60 buffalo, 50 impala, 100 blue wildebeest, 300 zebra, 83 elephants and 100 eland (…) to support the drought relief programme with meat supplies,” the Namibian government said in a statement released on Monday and picked up by local media on Tuesday.

Animals will come from national parks Namib Naukluft (west), Mangetti (north), Bwabwata, Mudumu and Nkasa Rupara (northeast).

“The 2023 National Conference on Animal and Wildlife Conflict Management resolved, among other things, that we need to reduce the number of elephants as a measure to help reduce the incidence of animal and wildlife conflicts,” stressed the Namibian Executive Director.

“For this purpose they will sacrifice 83 elephants “Meat from the identified conflict zones will be donated to the Prime Minister’s Office’s drought relief programme,” he added.

He sacrifice will be executed professional hunters and safari providers and is expected to help reduce the negative impact of drought on wildlife conservation.

“Meat supply improves people’s nutrition and contributes to poverty reduction,” Namibian authorities said.

More than 30 million people Southern Africa suffered from severe drought caused by Childreported in early June The United Nations is asking for help to prevent them from suffering from food insecurity.

The increasing impact of this weather phenomenon has led to severe rainfall deficits in southern Africa, where temperatures are five degrees above average.

In fact, in 2024 the region experienced the driest February in a hundred yearsreceiving only 20% of the normal amount of rainfall expected during this period.