How would re-introducing elephant hunting affect communities and the economy in Botswana? A report by cabinet ministers in Botswana has recommended lifting a four-year hunting ban and the ...

Botswana has lifted a ban on elephant hunting, citing growing conflict between humans and the animals, which at times destroy crops. Critics of the ban, imposed in 2014, say the restriction was ...

Botswana has attracted global criticism over the government’s announcement it will begin auctioning elephant hunting permits. The African nation introduced a blanket ban on elephant hunting and a ...

The firm will be paid $125,000 over the next two months — with the possibility of more work to come — for developing talking points and a communications plan that “articulates Botswana’s policy on ...

Botswana government earlier submitted ... asking to amend the CITES listing of the African savannah elephant to allow for trade in hunting trophies, live animals and registered (government-owned ...

Markus proposed to lift the hunting ban on elephants in Botswana in areas outside of game reserves and national parks, especially in marginal rangelands, to reduce human-elephant conflict.

GABORONE - Botswana auctioned six licences on Friday to hunt a total of 60 elephants, the first to be allowed in the Southern African country since president Mokgweetsi Masisi lifted a five-year ban ...

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The deaths come a year after an elephant hunting ban was repealed in Botswana, which is home to around 130,000 of the animals - almost a third of the total on the continent. However, investigators ...