(CNN) — Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany amid a dispute over the import of hunting trophies. ”Twenty thousand elephants for Germany, this is ...

The president of Botswana, home to the world’s largest elephant population, has threatened to send 20,000 of the giant living land mammals to Germany to "roam free" amid a feud over trophy hunting.

No one is more tired of the debate over hunting elephants than The Republic of Botswana, which has the world’s largest population of pachyderms. The African country is often considered a conservation ...

GABORONE, BOTSWANA — Botswana has issued 400 elephant hunting licenses amid fresh opposition from conservationists. International hunters pay up to $50,000 to obtain a license in order to hunt an ...

Botswana's President, Mokgweetsi Masisi, threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany. It came after Germany suggested there should be limits on importing hunting trophies. Germans should "live ...

Botswana, one of Africa's premier safari destinations, said it will ban commercial hunting of wildlife because of a decline in animal populations.The government has decided to "indefinitely suspend ...

Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi is threatening to send 20,000 elephants to Germany after the European country’s environment ministry called for limiting imports on hunted trophies, according to a ...

The country is home to almost a third of the world's savanna elephants, a population that has tripled since 1984, and Botswana is often hailed as a conservation success. But European nations, most ...

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