Legalization of elephant poaching
By Letwin Mazarura
Zimbabwe is selling the rights to hunt up to five hundred elephants in order to generate revenue for public use.
Parks and Wild Life Management spokesperson, Tinashe Farawo said elephant hunting was allowed during the period of April to October.
The spokesperson said that even though it is controversial, is important in raising revenue for the nation’s use as it suffered the covid-19 setbacks. Wildlife is also part of the nation’s greatest asset.
“We got the authority to hunt a maximum of 500 elephants and that’s how we make money,” said Farawo.
He also said that a single elephant could cost up $10000 which can be of great help to the nation’s revenue during this covid-19 lockdown where most countries have suffered economically, politically and socially.
This initiative can also ease the conflict between human and wildlife which has had a number of negatives consequences on surrounding communities.
Human-wildlife conflict remains a significant problem in Zimbabwe among wildlife reliant communities and those that are adjacent to protected areas. Smallholder farmers are losing crops, lives are being lost while some have suffered injuries due to the hazard that comes with occupying such areas.
Conflicts are particularly common near protected areas. To ease tensions, integrated conservation and development projects (ICDPs) have been implemented.
These conflicts between human and wildlife are the reason why there is need to reduce the national head of elephants to easy the conflicts and doing it in a positive way.
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