Namibia puts up 170 elephants on sale as their population rises in the country
Namibia has put 170 'high value' wild elephants up for sale due to drought and an increase in elephant numbers, the Southern African country's environmental ministry has said. An advertisement said an increase in incidents of human-elephant conflict motivated the sale of the elephants. Namibia would auction the animals to anyone in Namibia or abroad who could meet the criteria.