Botswana’s hunting policy built on misleading, false data-scientists

Unsustainable elephant hunting is a growing economic risk for Botswana, says report - Conservation Action Trust

When poaching amplifies the effect of higher hunting quotas, it is bad news for the future of Botswana’s elephant population and its contribution to the economy, according to research just in. Without informed hunting quotas big tuskers will disappear. (Photo: Elephants Without Borders)   Botswana – home to the world’s largest remaining population of African elephants – is losing its most valuable wildlife asset at a rate far higher than offi…

Botswana’s hunting policy built on misleading, false data-scientists

A new scientific report by conservation organisation Elephants Without Borders (EWB) has  criticised Botswana’s official justification for elephant