Filmmaker Joubert Fires At Cabinet

“At first, I thought it was a cruel April Fools’ Day announcement, but no one is laughing today. I have given this white paper a name and if it passes I believe it should be called ‘Botswana’s Blood Law’,” wrote Joubert on Friday.

The Cabinet Sub Committee has recommended that the hunting ban be lifted, development of a legal framework be created to enable an environment for growth of safari hunting industry and manage Botswana elephant population within its historic range. Other recommendations were that regular but limited elephant culling be introduced, there be establishment of elephant meat canning, and include production of pet food and processing into other byproducts.