"Arguments for lifting the ban are unsound"

Dr Mike Chase collaring an elephant in the CKGR PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
Dr Mike Chase collaring an elephant in the CKGR PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES

On June 21, 2018, some of Botswana's Members of Parliament adopted a motion to lift the elephant hunting ban.

They cited the following reasons for this decision:

1. An increase in Botswana’s elephant population

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FMD management: A ticking time bomb

“The trouble with government regulation of the market is that it prohibits capitalistic acts between consenting adults.”~ Robert NozickWhile government must contain the disease, it must also confront the growing economic hardship caused by its response. For many rural households, cattle remain a source of livelihood and the only means for tending for thousands of families, and for these kind of people the longer the restrictions continue, the...

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