Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany

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Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi told German media this would only impoverish people in his country.

He said elephant numbers had exploded as a result of conservation efforts, and hunting helped keep them in check.
 

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Wow. I saw the headline but didn't know why they wanted to send them.

As a sovereign country, they should just figure out a way to sell elephant meat and skin and just slaughter the animals. Need nobody's permission to do that. When animal populations explode here, they extend hunting periods or create special hunting periods.
 
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They wont do shyt, just a threat because these Europeans think they have a right to stick their long hooked noses in Black people shyt and tell us how to manage our own stuff.
Europeans hunted off and killed all their own animals, and now they think they can tell someone else about conservation..foh :camby:
 

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Mismanaged relationship between Botswana and German/Euro hunter industry.
Govt. should have earmarked some of the first year's revenue for a dedicated point man/team for the elephant hunting industry. Tracking the population in their country, and others, the developments in the game hunting industry, the animal conservation industry,and potential uses for elephant products.

Population skyrocketing seems to point to no such dept. in Botswana.
Even holding all the cards and leverage, Botswana fumbled the dynamics of the relationship with white outsiders.
 

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Botswana's President Masisi: 'I want the Germans to feel what we feel' | DW News Africa

Apr 20, 2024
Botswana wants to send 20,000 elephants to Germany. President Masisi tells DW News Africa what's behind the offer.
 
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