Mother Nature is smarter than all of us

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In this rejoinder, professional hunter BOB ROKOS argues that wildlife photographers Derek and Beverly Joubert's dream of 400,000 elephants is a fantasy more suited to Disneyland.

I have just read an article entitled  “Botswana can host 400,000 elephants – Joubert. This article (on page 2) and the article on page 4 of the same paper (The Monitor of Monday November 4, 2013) entitled “Film stars employ 180 Batswana” are about Derek and Beverly Jourbert conveying their views on anti-hunting and Botswana’s need for more elephants.

The article(s) have all the elements of a Disneyland film. With a vast uninhabited  “El Dorado” type forests just waiting for elephants to populate in the Chobe, the elephants’ ability to self-control their populations and massive training and employment scenarios. Both articles have the flavour of shoddy representatives lobbying for approval through false promises of greener pastures for all their supporters.

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