Stop Hippo Cull in Luangwa

The Zambian Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW - formerly ZAWA) has issued licenses to professional hunting outfitters in 2016 onward to ‘cull’ hippos in the South Luangwa, Zambia. DNPW are calling these hunts a wildlife management tool.

The number of hippos set to be slaughtered: “The bag is 400 a year, there is talk of the bag being 4 hippo's a day for 5 years in four separate locations along the Luangwa River. The hunting season is 4 months duration. If this is the case, then it is potentially running to 2,000 hippos over 5 years, … a significant proportion of the hippo population in the Luangwa Valley.”