Bostwana, home to nearly one-third of Africa's elephants, mulls lifting hunting ban

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Botswana is reportedly considering lifting a years-long ban on the hunting of elephants.

The country, which is home to nearly one-third of Africa’s elephants, may lift a ban on big game hunting and introduce “regular but limited” culling of the animals.

Lawmakers in the country argue that elephants have been causing problems for farmers, and say that the population is significantly larger than the 130,000 estimated by conservationists, according to Reuters.

Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi appointed a committee last June to review a 2014 hunting ban put in place by his predecessor.

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/431161-country-home-to-nearly-one-third-of-africas-elephants-considers

[CrispyQ]

1. There's an animal on the planet that needs culling & it isn't the elephants. -nt

[Bayard]

2. Don't do it!

Sounds like they just want the money from big "hunts".

STOP exterminating species!

[Eugene]

3. Botswana mulls turning elephants into pet food and lifting a hunting ban

Source: CNN

Botswana mulls turning elephants into pet food and lifting a hunting ban

By James Masters, CNN
Updated 1654 GMT (0054 HKT) February 22, 2019

(CNN) — Botswana should lift its four-year ban on big game hunting and also allow the canning of elephant meat for pet food, Cabinet ministers in the southern African nation have recommended.

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Among the proposals contained in the report are:

• Ending the hunting ban
• Allowing regular but limited elephant culling
• Establishing elephant meat canning, including production of pet food and processing into other by-products
• Developing a legal framework to enable the safari hunting industry to expand
• Managing the elephant population within its historic range
• Erecting human-wildlife conflict fences in key hotspots
• Demarcating game ranches to serve as buffers between communal and wildlife areas.

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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/22/africa/botswana-elephants-hunting-intl-scli/index.html