In 30 years, Zimbabwe has culled 40,000 elephants, but the herds have still doubled in size. The Zimbabwean government has declared that, to protect vegetation from destruction, it can only keep about 30,000 elephants, but the population has grown to 66,000. Elephants there have often been known to chase and threaten people, and local residents have little choice but to fight back.
三十年間，辛巴威曾經淘汰四萬多隻大象，象群仍以雙倍速度增加，辛國政府表示，在該國植被不受破壞下，只能容許三萬隻大象，但野象已增至六萬六千頭，大象在該國甚至追逐、威脅學童生命，當地人不得不對大象展開反擊。