Zimbabwe is to controversially allow the culling of 200 elephant for the first time since 1988 amid concerns about food shortages amid a severe drought. The southern African country has “more elephants than it needs,” Zimbabwe’s environment minister told a parliamentary hearing last week. According to local media reports, hunters have been ordered to kill 200 animals. The elephant hunt will take place in areas where “there have been clashes with humans,” including Hwange, home to Zimbabwe’s largest game reserve, the head of the Parks and Wildlife Authority, Fulton Mangwanya, said. Citing the e…