Anthrax — Zambia
The Zambian government will allow trophy hunters to kill 2000 hippos in a 5-year cull. In 2016, the government announced a plan to kill 400 of the animals per year, claiming there was a risk of an anthrax outbreak. They then backed down from this original plan, but animal rights campaigners claim they have restarted the cull under the guise of a wildlife management tool.
However, charity Born Free says there is no scientific evidence to support a cull, reports The Daily Mail. They say
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