Canned hunting banned
Thursday, March 27, 2014
In a press release issued this week the ministry emphasised its intention to ban canned hunting, the practice in which large carnivores such as lions or other wildlife species are raised in captivity and hunted in small camps with no room for escape or to elude the hunter.
The ministry said that efforts to strengthen legislation to ensure that this “abhorrent and unethical practice does not find its way into Botswana under any guise”, were underway.
The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...