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All the shenanigans of the past few months that should be leading to a future elephant management plan that is good for Botswana’s people and its wildlife, seems to be nothing more than an election campaign for Masisi to appeal to rural voters, as well as preparation for the forthcoming CITES CoP18 meeting.
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President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana said last week that “elephants bleed [the] government coffers”. The heated media debate that followed has turned into a political feud.
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Department of Environmental Affairs rejects its Portfolio Committee’s Resolution to end the Captive Breeding of Lions. A Resolution that was adopted by parliament making it a Parliamentary Resolution.
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The documentary Stroop left me numb and devastated. Bonné de Bod and Susan Scott spent 4 years on a fact-finding mission to bring to light all aspects of our rhino poaching crisis.
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We applaud the HAWKS for the arrest of nine members of an illegal joint Vietnamese-South African lion and tiger bone syndicate operating from the North West Province.
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Botswana’s parliament recently passed a motion considering lifting the ban on elephant trophy hunting. In the debate following, unsubstantiated facts and figures concerning Botswana’s elephant population are used to support the hunting agenda.
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55 poached elephant found in Botswana during aerial survey. At what stage do we pull our heads out of the sand and admit we have an elephant poaching problem and do something to stop it?, says Mike Chase.
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