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Namibia will kill at least 700 hippos, elephants, buffaloes, zebras and other wild animals to combat the severe drought that is bringing the country to its knees.The State has started culling wild animals for feed populations starving due to lack of rain, which is causing crop failures in what has been described as the most severe drought in the African country's recent history.So far they have already been more than 260 animals killed to provide meat to thousands of people and reduce pressure on grazing and water resources, already seriously compromised by drought.Altogether, professional hunters were commissioned to cull 30 hippos, 83 elephants, 60 buffaloes, 100 wildebeests and as many antelopes, 300 zebras and 50 impalas. The slaughter of animals was announced by the Ministry of the Environment in Windhoek on Thursday 26 August, and is part of the so-called Drought relief program, intended to provide food support to the country's population.The animals to be killed, a total of 723,...

In Brisbane, capital of the Australian state of Queensland, the company Axiom Holographics has created the world's first holographic zoo, that is, capable of reproduce three-dimensional images and realistic animals by exploiting the interference of light waves.Giraffes, elephants, whales, polar bears:visitors will be able to see creatures from all over the world up close, who will appear to be there, in the flesh, in front of those who approach or move around them.A three hundred and sixty degree experience to live without any animal being deprived of its freedom or suffer mistreatment and coercion. The structure, approximately one thousand square meters large and equipped with cutting-edge technologies - so as to make the visit as realistic as possible - gives the possibility to choose the environment and the area to visit.You can travel across Africa or dive into the ocean, surrounded by life-size creatures.Trees and flowers are also equipped with a particular technology capable of r...