The government authorises the hunting of 23 elephants and dozens of other wild animals for independence day feasts.

The killings of two satellite-collared elephant bulls raise a much larger question than whether their collars were somehow ...

Botswana has lifted its elephant hunting ban, after a five-year probation period. The country's officials said that the reversal of the ban followed "extensive consultations with all the stakeholders, ...

Botswana on Friday will hold its first major auction for trophy elephant hunting quotas since controversially scrapping a hunting ban last year, a wildlife official said. President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s ...

Botswana’s proposals to lift its hunting ban and to introduce elephant culling has fuelled political posturing, denials, misinformation, and lobbying from pro hunting and culling groups. But what does ...

Botswana has made $4 million from the sale of licenses to hunt wild animals, the highest figure since lifting a hunting ban in 2019. The hunting season, which ended in November, was held amid growing ...

Surveying her destroyed cornfield in northern Botswana, Minsozie Kasaira wishes for a return to the days of elephant hunting. Until last year, villagers like Minsozie benefited from local communities ...

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