Botswana has lifted its elephant hunting ban, after a five-year probation period. The country's officials said that the reversal of the ban followed "extensive consultations with all the stakeholders, ...

The Botswana government responded to criticism from an anti-hunting activist, saying the number of elephants legally killed by hunters since the lifting of a hunting ban in 2019 is negligible. South ...

Surveying her destroyed cornfield in northern Botswana, Minsozie Kasaira wishes for a return to the days of elephant hunting. Until last year, villagers like Minsozie benefited from local communities ...

Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi is threatening to send 20,000 elephants to Germany after the European country’s environment ministry called for limiting imports on hunted trophies, according to a ...

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