Tackling the elephant in the room

Elephant maize field in Masai Mara PIC - usaid.com
Elephant maize field in Masai Mara PIC - usaid.com

At least 230,000 elephants are crammed in the country's wild, many of them fugitives from neighbouring countries lured across by a four-year-old hunting ban that has made Botswana the final sanctuary for the gentle giants. However, as their numbers have risen, the sanctuary, originally built to accommodate 50,000 elephants, has reached its breaking point. Staff Writer, MBONGENI MGUNI reports

Take the emotion out of it and consider it properly, Environment Minister, Tshekedi Khama says of the debate on whether to lift the hunting ban specifically on elephants.

His words are water off a duck’s back for the thousands of Batswana affected annually by elephants trampling their crops, destroying agricultural infrastructure and decimating natural resources.

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