(Posted 09th June 2025)
Courtesy of African Elephant News
Thandiwe Garusa, New Zimbabwe, (Zimbabwe) June 07, 2025 |
THE Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) has blasted the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) for issuing permits to Save Valley Conservancy to kill 50 elephants, describing the move as misleading and unethical. ZimParks earlier this week said the culling of 50 jumbos was to curb overpopulation, which exceeds the carrying capacity of Zimbabwe’s national parks. |
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Zimbabwe govt challenged over elephants culling programme |
Bulawayo 24, (Zimbabwe), June 07, 2025 |
The Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) has issued a strong condemnation of the Zimbabwean government’s plan to cull 50 elephants in the Save Valley Conservancy, labelling the move as cruel, outdated, and detrimental to both conservation and tourism. The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) recently announced that it had authorised the killing of the elephants as part of a so-called population control exercise. |
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