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Could Zambia contracept wild hippos instead of culling?

October 26, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

Or is hippo overpopulation even really the issue? LUSAKA,  Zambia––Why has Zambian tourism minister Charles Banda revived a five-year-old plan to cull up to 250 hippopotamuses per year from South Luangwa National Park,  only two years after scrapping it? “The South Luangwa National Park has a population of more than 13,000 hippos but the area […]

Filed Under: Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Botswana, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Namibia, Science, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife, Zambia, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Charles Banda, Jay Kirkpatrick, Jeremy Hance, Kimberly Frank, Merritt Clifton, Peter Sinkamba, Ruth Steinberger

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