Campaign Killing Zambia 
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 14, 2023
A prime example is the 1958 Chinese campaign to eliminate sparrows, considered pests because they fed on grain. As Moss shows, this “Great Sparrow Campaign” was based on nothing more than the “scientific illiteracy and unbridled power” of one man, Mao Zedong. Millions of Chinese died in the ensuing famine. What claptrap.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 12, 2012
After a brutal colonization that included genocidal campaigns against the Herero (80% killed) and Nama (50% killed) tribes, the Germans lost control when South Africa invaded soon after the declaration of the First World War. However, Namibia’s colonial history began earlier, in 1884 when it was annexed by the Germans.
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