A hunter responds to Joubert

Stones says in left unattended, the elephant population could destroy the Chobe River habitat and Okavango Delta, along with other species in 30 years time
Stones says in left unattended, the elephant population could destroy the Chobe River habitat and Okavango Delta, along with other species in 30 years time

Derek Joubert’s opinion piece of what he wishes to be referred to as the 'Blood law', the white paper that has been submitted to the Botswana government recommending wildlife utilisation in a series of suggestions, is once again the emotional attack on anything that might aid many of Botswana’s communities and the less fortunate people than his ‘guests and friends’ of Great Plains Conservation.

It might also come to the aid of many species that are dwindling in Botswana due to massive elephant pressure on habitat in a country that does not exactly boast vast tracts of suitable elephant habitat.

l ‘The opening up of the largely condemned hunting of elephants and all wildlife again’

Editor's Comment
UDC's 100 Days: Please deliver your promises!

We duly congratulate them to have ousted the long ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) from power. Prior to taking power from the BDP, the coalition had made several election promises that are credited for influencing change and swaying the people to vote in its favour.The party had made an undertaking, which its leader and President Duma Boko consistently bellowed in his campaign trail. These undertakings were promises that Batswana would be...

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