Zimbabwe takes steps to address human-wildlife conflict 🗞️🇿🇼 📈 Over the last decade human-wildlife conflict in Zimbabwe has been on the rise, with dozens of farmers losing livestock and crops. 💔 Loss of life occurs on both sides, with one in four elephant deaths attributed to human-wildlife conflict in Africa, and Zimbabwe experiencing the highest human-wildlife conflict death rate in Southern Africa. 🌀 These conflicts are driven by habitat loss due to expanding agriculture and human settl

🐘 Storm clouds are finally gathering over Zimbabwe’s biggest animal reserve, but it has come too late for more than 110 elephants that have died in a searing, extended drought. The hunt for water has taken elephants dangerously close to human habitations on the fringes of Hwange. Some have crossed into Botswana and other neighbouring countries where many deaths have also been reported #afp #zimbabwe #elephant #climatechange 🎥 @shots_by_zinyange | AFP News Agency