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 president Mokgweetsi Masisi has threatened to send around 20,000 elephants to Germany saying that its conservation efforts and suggestion to limit importing trophies from hunting animals ...

To the intense dismay of conservationists and animal welfare advocates, Botswana has lifted a 5-year-old ban on elephant hunting. The Botswana government claims there is growing conflict between the ...

Earlier this year, Germany's environment ministry suggested there should be stricter limits on importing trophies from hunting animals. Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi told German media ...

Neil Fitt, who heads Kalahari Conservation Society in Botswana, views hunting as a new source of ... elephant population with more than 135,000 animals -- about a third of the African continent's ...

Neil Fitt, who heads Kalahari Conservation Society in Botswana, views hunting as a new source of ... elephant population with more than 135,000 animals -- about a third of the African continent's ...

Botswana banned trophy hunting in 2014 ... While Germany remains one of the largest importers of hunting trophies, animal rights advocates "reject the concept of killing animals for sport and ...

There have been plenty instances of documented dissent over trophy hunting, from other governments and animal rights organizations, that prompted Botswana to initially ban trophy hunting in the ...

Six southern African countries have voiced disappointment with new efforts by the British Labour Party government to ...

Listen to a Khoisan community in Northern Botswana sing When it came to hunting, early humans tended to seek out smaller animals such as rodents, and use clubs to kill them. They would avoid ...

The sport killing of animals beleaguered in the wild ... Kenya has banned trophy hunting outright since 1977, and in Botswana, a comparatively wildlife-rich country, a temporary ban in government ...