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Related: About this forumBotswana lifts ban on elephant hunting
Source: BBC
Botswana lifts ban on elephant hunting
22 May 2019
Botswana has lifted a ban on elephant hunting, citing growing conflict between humans and the animals, which at times destroy crops.
Critics of the ban, imposed in 2014, say the restriction was causing problems to small farmers and to those who previously benefited from hunting.
Botswana has some 130,000 elephants, the world's largest population.
The decision is likely to trigger an angry reaction from conservationists, who believe the move is political.
It could also damage the country's international reputation for conservation and affect its revenues from tourism, the second largest source of foreign income after diamond mining.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48374880
femmedem
(8,206 posts)montanacowboy
(6,098 posts)Scum
An elephant has more grace and intelligence in one toe than all these MOfers in their whole bodies
Hurry up Donnie Jr., get your gun
I can't say what I really want to on this board
Phoenix61
(17,015 posts)are going hungry because the elephants ate their crops, thats not good either. Human-wildlife conflict doesnt work out well for either one.
sinkingfeeling
(51,470 posts)traveling to this fall. Have many photo safaris scheduled and am providing tourist dollars to each country.