Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in trophy hunting row

Will flood Germany with 20,000 elephants, threatens Botswana

Botswana's President has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in a public spat over wildlife conservation. Botswana is grappling with elephant "overpopulation" and allows hunting of some in a bid to control their numbers. Germany has called for restricting the import of hunting trophies.

Botswana offers 20,000 elephants to Germany: 'You try living with them!' | WND | by Around the Web

(REMIX) – Botswana has offered to send 20,000 elephants to Berlin, telling Germany’s left-wing government it should try living with the mammals before pushing trophy hunting bans on African countries. Calls by Germany’s Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke for bans on trophy hunting have been met with stiff opposition in Botswana’s capital of orone, with…

Sweden may ban the import of hunting trophies. This threatens to send 20,000 elephants to the country.

Botswana threatens to send 20K elephants to Germany

No other country in the world has more elephants than Botswana, and now the African nation is threatening to send 20,000 of the animals to Germany. This stems from a recent potential policy change proposed by the German government that would place stricter limits on trophy hunting imports due to poaching concerns. Just a decade ago, over a third of Botswana's population was living in poverty. However, the country experienced an economic turnarou…

Does Botswana Really Want To Send 20,000 Elephants To Germany?

Actually, it's a lot more complicated than that.

The Botswanan authorities propose to offer these thousands of pachyderms to Germany so that it understands the problems caused by these animals and soften its point of view on the importation of hunting trophies....