Hippo Cull in Zambia
More than a thousand hippos are slated to be killed in Zambia over the next five years in an effort that the government insists is to control their numbers and to stop the spread of anthrax.
Trophy hunters are being invited to kill up to five of the animals each for a fee of about $14,000.
Zambia says hippos are susceptible to anthrax infection and can pass it on to humans who eat infected meat.
But the animal rights charity Born Free says authorities have failed to provide enough evidence of hippo overpopulation to justify the cull.
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