As human populations expand in Africa and natural habitats shrink, people and animals are increasingly coming into conflict over living space and food. The impacts are often huge with people losing their crops, livestock, property, and sometimes even their lives. The animals, many of which are already threatened or endangered, are often killed in retaliation. Namibia in southern Africa is no exception, but new experiments in managing land and wildlife there have shown that people and animals can live together. Jan Vertefeuille and Joanna Benn report.