by Adam Cruise | Apr 14, 2022 | Commentary
By Don Pinnock – Daily Maverick Chobe National Park’s goose that lays the golden egg of Botswana tourism is under threat of being killed by eight 75-bed lodges planned for its prime riverfront. If it goes ahead, wildlife people pay to see will most likely have...
by Adam Cruise | Apr 13, 2022 | News
By Africa Geographic The surgical removal of Africa’s large-tusked elephants by trophy hunters continues. Two massive bulls have been killed in the last few weeks in northern Botswana. The tusks of the two bulls each weigh more than 100 pounds and 90 pounds...
by Adam Cruise | Mar 24, 2020 | News
By Reuters Africa GABORONE (Reuters) – Botswana’s first elephant hunting season since 2014 has been hit hard by hunters pulling out because of the coronavirus outbreak, tour operators said.A pair of male elephants is seen in the Okavango Delta, file. The...
by Adam Cruise | Feb 9, 2020 | News
By Mary Papenfuss – HuffPost Conservationists outraged after years-long ban in the nation on trophy hunting. Botswana has auctioned off permits that will allow hunters to kill elephants for some $39,000 a head, infuriating environmentalists and animal lovers...
by Adam Cruise | Feb 4, 2020 | News
By Antony Sguazzin – Bloomberg Country to offer seven packages of 10 elephants each African nation has world’s biggest population of the animals Botswana, which has the world’s biggest elephant population, is to this week hold its first major auctions for the...
