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Botswana: World’s Biggest Elephant Herd Opened for Hunters to Kill 287

Botswana: World’s Biggest Elephant Herd Opened for Hunters to Kill 287

by Adam Cruise | Mar 24, 2021 | News

By Bloomberg Botswana is offering rights to shoot 287 elephants as the southern African country, which has the world’s biggest population of the animals, tries to breathe life into a hunting industry stalled by the Covid-19 outbreak. The hunting season will begin...
Botswana Elephants Win a Reprieve as Virus Keeps Hunters at Home

Botswana Elephants Win a Reprieve as Virus Keeps Hunters at Home

by Adam Cruise | Mar 27, 2020 | News

By Antony Sguazzin, Bloomberg Botswana’s controversial plan to resume elephant hunting has been largely thwarted by the global coronavirus pandemic, winning many of the 277 animals earmarked to be shot this year a reprieve. The country, which has the world’s biggest...
Botswana: Raffled Elephant Hunts Backfire on Community – Conservationists

Botswana: Raffled Elephant Hunts Backfire on Community – Conservationists

by Adam Cruise | Feb 16, 2020 | News

By Charan Saunders, All Africa CAPE TOWN: Unethical hunting has exposed a community to dangerous, aggressive elephants rather than solving Human Elephant Conflict (HEC). Following the recent killing of a collared elephant, along with four others in shootings in North...
Policy based on myths: Botswana brings back trophy hunting

Policy based on myths: Botswana brings back trophy hunting

by Adam Cruise | Jun 1, 2019 | Commentary

By Ross Harvey – Independent Economist; PhD Candidate, University of Cape Town – Conservation Action Trust Botswana has now committed to a policy built on myths, while the rest of the world takes stock of the implications ecological crisis. Botswana’s...
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