LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia will begin a planned cull of around 2,000 hippos in May, a senior government official said on Friday, reviving a measure put on hold two years earlier amid protests from animal rights activists.
Zambia says its population of 12,200 hippos is too large for the water levels in the Luangwa river, where most of them live. The authorities say the river can only support around 5,000 of the animals and that relocating them would be too costly.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-zambia-wildlife/zambia-to-start-hippo-cull-in-may-despite-protests-idUSKCN1QB1N2
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