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From 2005 to 2015, Namibia has exported nearly 400,000 seal skins. Along with Canada and Greenland, Namibia is one of the last places where seals are hunted for commercial purposes. The country has set an annual hunt quota of 80,000 Cape fur seal pups and 6,000 bulls. [4]
Namibia has experienced a 53% decline in cereal production and a nearly 70% reduction in dam water levels amid the drought, the United Nations said. A national state of emergency was declared on ...
Southern Africa is facing its worst drought in decades, with Namibia having exhausted 84% of its food. Namibia plans to cull 723 wild animals, including 83 elephants, and to distribute the meat to ...
While a government-initiated study found seal colonies consume more fish than the entire fishing industry can catch, [88] animal protection society Seal Alert South Africa estimated less than 0.3% losses to commercial fisheries. [86] Hunting is done from July to November [86] on two places, Cape Cross and Atlas Bay, and in the past at Wolf Bay ...
Using game hunting as a conservation tool has negative perceptions that impose harsh restrictions across several different countries in Africa. Some of the activities that promote hunting bans include canned hunting, shooting young or uncommon animals, shooting from vehicles, use of bait, spotlights and hounds are all hunting practices that ...
South Africa has culled about 7.5 million chickens in an effort to contain dozens of outbreaks of two separate strains of avian influenza that threatened to create a shortage of eggs and poultry ...
The policy of trophy hunting has been adopted in 23 sub-Saharan African countries. The income generated in total in Africa is quoted to be USD 201 million/year, derived from about 18,500 international hunting clients covering an area of 1.4 million km². [24]
Ichaboe Island is a 6.5 ha low-lying island, approximately 1.5 km off the Diamond Coast of Namibia and 48 km north of Lüderitz. On the western side of the island is a reef which offers some protection from Atlantic waves, although sea spay covers the island during storms.