WINDHOEK, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Namibia has successfully captured five of the eight lions that were involved in the killing of over 200 livestock in the Torra Conservancy Kunene recently, a government official said on Wednesday.
The lions initially killed a total of 86 goats and sheep but days later killed about 171 livestock on a private farm in the same area.
In an interview, the ministry's spokesperson Romeo Muyunda said that staff members from the ministry are still on the ground tracking the remaining three lions for possible capture.
He said that the ministry takes Human Wildlife Conflict (HWC) seriously and denied allegations that the ministry is not acting in the interest of wildlife conservation.
Muyunda could neither confirm nor deny reports that the remaining three lions had been killed by farmers in the area.
HWC is a problem in Namibia and currently the country is working to find ways to control the situation.
The ministry is currently finalizing the review of the National Policy on Human Wildlife Conflict Management which has been endorsed by cabinet and will now go to parliament for final consideration and approval.
The captured lions will soon be relocated.
