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Locals need greater ownership of wildlife tourism, or hunting lobby wins

Friday, July 06, 2018

Dr. Steve Boyes poling a mokoro in the Okavango Delta on a National Geographic Expedition PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES

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This motion is simply the hunting lobby in Botswana testing the new administration. Botswana is now known as the country with the largest elephant population in the world, and that is something to be very proud of. Megafauna like elephants, hippo, whales, dugongs, polar bears, big cats, pandas and rhino are disappearing everywhere they exist except Botswana.

Replies to the MPs reasons for the ban:

Increase in elephant population;

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