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Namibia's parks and reserves range from the open bush of the centre and the north where wildlife is relatively plentiful, to the barren and inhospitable coastal strip with its huge sand dunes. The three main tourist attractions for wildlife in Namibia are Etosha National Park , Waterberg National Park and Cape Cross Seal Reserve .
Erindi Private Game Reserve, located in central Namibia between Okahandja and Omaruru, is a privately owned protected wildlife reserve. Covering 65,000 ha (160,000 acres) [1] or 75,000 ha (190,000 acres), [2] Erindi was originally a collection of three adjacent cattle farms that were converted into a wildlife reserve in the 1990s.
Although Namibian agriculture, excluding fishing, contributed between 5% and 6% of Namibia's GDP from 2004 to 2009, a large percentage of the Namibian population depends on agricultural activities for livelihood, mostly in the subsistence sector. Animal products, live animals, and crop exports constituted roughly 10.7% of total Namibian exports.
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Animals such as elephants, oryx, buffalo, Hartmann's zebra, springbok and lion, are once again providing biodiversity to the country of Namibia. The black rhino population has recovered to become one of the largest free-roaming herds, and the cheetah population has become the world's largest population at approximately 2,500 individuals. [ 21 ]
Cheetah in Namibia African leopard] Common genet Angolan slender mongoose Banded mongoose Yellow mongoose Black-backed jackal African wild dog Cape fur seal. There are over 260 species of carnivorans, the majority of which feed primarily on meat. They have a characteristic skull shape and dentition. Suborder: Feliformia. Family: Felidae (cats ...
Harnas Wildlife Foundation is an organization located in Namibia, approximately 300 km east of the capital Windhoek.Harnas is one of the few wildlife orphanages and medical centers in the world to take in abused, injured, and captured wild animals from Namibia, Botswana, and southern African nations, saving hundreds of animals per year.
The name derives from that of the Damara region of northern Namibia where it is principally found, particularly in the Kaokoveld Desert. [ 4 ] : 794 [ 5 ] Together with the Namaqua Afrikaner and the Ronderib Afrikaner , it is one of three breeds in the Afrikaner group of sheep that were already in southern Africa before the arrival of colonists ...