Stranded hippos not in danger

ENVIRONMENT minister Pohamba Shifeta says the hippos and crocodiles stranded in shallow waters in the Zambezi region are not in any immediate danger, but the ministry must act fast.

He said this on Saturday when his ministerial delegates and officials of the Bamunu conservancy visited the river channel situated between the Sibbinda and Linyanti constituencies. According to Shifeta, preliminary investigations indicate that the channel which is rapidly drying up, can be refilled with underground water, to be pumped out by his ministry as soon as possible. He said the current situation is that the pool occupied by over 200 hippos and crocodiles is deep, but not broad enough to accommodate them all.