Post by M. Hawbaker on Apr 3, 2024 18:49:50 GMT
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 not a joke,” Masisi told German tabloid Bild.
The African leader criticised the German government – particularly the environment ministry – for seeking to ban the import of trophies despite Botswana’s ”overpopulation” of elephants.
Masisi told Bild that Germany’s Green party could learn to cohabitate with elephants without hunting them.
”It is very easy to sit in Berlin and have an opinion about our affairs in Botswana. We are paying the price for preserving these animals for the world – and even for Lemke’s party,” Masisi said.
Germans should try to “live together with the animals, in the way you are trying to tell us to,” he added.
According to Masisi, Botswana has seen its elephant population grow to some 130,000.
Botswana’s president argued that conservation efforts have led to an explosion in the elephant population, and hunting is an “important means to keep them in check.”
www.yahoo.com/news/botswana-threatens-send-20-000-144121634.html
”Twenty thousand elephants for Germany, this is not a joke,” Masisi told German tabloid Bild.
The African leader criticised the German government – particularly the environment ministry – for seeking to ban the import of trophies despite Botswana’s ”overpopulation” of elephants.
Masisi told Bild that Germany’s Green party could learn to cohabitate with elephants without hunting them.
”It is very easy to sit in Berlin and have an opinion about our affairs in Botswana. We are paying the price for preserving these animals for the world – and even for Lemke’s party,” Masisi said.
Germans should try to “live together with the animals, in the way you are trying to tell us to,” he added.
According to Masisi, Botswana has seen its elephant population grow to some 130,000.
Botswana’s president argued that conservation efforts have led to an explosion in the elephant population, and hunting is an “important means to keep them in check.”
www.yahoo.com/news/botswana-threatens-send-20-000-144121634.html
