It targets 30 hippos, 60 buffalos, 50 impalas, 83 elephants, 100 blue wildebeest, 100 elands and 300 zebras.
The decision was made to relieve pressure on grazing and water supplies and provide meat for food programmes.
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A Namibian government cull of more than 700 wildlife to cope with its worst drought in decades is under way, with 160 animals already killed, the environment ministry said Tuesday.
The cull was announced last week to relieve pressure on grazing and water supplies, and to provide meat for programmes to support the thousands of people going hungry because of the drought.
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