Blanks fired as hunting season opens
Friday, September 27, 2019
![Nearly 190 licences are available for elephants, but thus far only the citizen quota has been allocated. PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES](https://cdn4.premiumread.com/?url=https://www.mmegi.bw/uploads/imported_images/2019/september/27/phpsENlS6.jpg&w=400&q=72&f=jpg&t=1)
Nearly 190 licences are available for elephants, but thus far only the citizen quota has been allocated. PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
As matters stand, few expect commercial activities involving elephants to begin in the recently opened hunting season.
At best, the open licences, which allow local trophy hunting players to bid on behalf of their foreign clients, will be auctioned off next year.
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