International hunting bounces back in Botswana after a long absence

Job creation: A Chobe District resident employed at the four-star Ngoma Safari Lodge
Job creation: A Chobe District resident employed at the four-star Ngoma Safari Lodge

JOHANNESBURG: Africa’s hunting culture, including that of Botswana, will never die, no matter how much Western animal rights groups try to influence African leaders to ban it.

For a country that missed hunting like the deserts miss the rain over a six-year period, Botswana bounces back on the international hunting map in April 2021; to quench the international hunters’ thirst in a country with the biggest, most stable and fastest rising elephant population on earth.

 The hunting season opens on April 6 and closes on September 21, 2021.

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