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Hard choices: With drought, large animals harder to sustain. Rescues and sanctuaries are getting more calls about horses, goats and cows that owners can no longer afford to feed.
Drought has scorched much of the Midwest and Great Plains for the last four years. It has destroyed crops and sparked wildfires. Wildlife is also reckoning with the dry conditions – which can ...
Mohammed Dek says a severe drought in 2016 and 2017 turned his life upside down: First, it killed all his livestock. He and his extended family had 150 sheep and about 50 camels, and they moved around ...
RELATED: Arizona is in a 50-year drought.Here's what that means. The entire state of Arizona is experiencing drought, almost all of it classified as severe or worse.And it's threatening animals in ...
"I have seen our area wildlife survive floods, hurricanes, and windstorms," she said. "But never have I seen the severe conditions our animals are trying to endure with this record-setting drought." ...
Drought is now so bad in parts of southern Africa that governments say they must kill hundreds of their most captivating, majestic wild animals to feed desperately hungry people. In August ...
A drastic measure. Namibia's government is taking drastic measures to mitigate the consequences of the drought. Scores of wild animals are at risk of dying of thirst due to acute water shortages ...
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Namibia will kill more than 700 wild animals and distribute meat to those struggling with food insecurity as the country grapples with its worst drought in 100 years. CNN values your feedback 1.
The Southern African country plans to butcher over 700 wild animals, including 83 elephants and 300 zebras, to feed people and, it hopes, cut down on dangerous cross-species encounters.