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Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in trophy hunting row
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Botswana’s president has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany amid a dispute over the import of hunting trophies.
Earlier this year Germany’s environment ministry raised the possibility of stricter limits on the import of hunting trophies over poaching concerns.
But a ban on the import of hunting trophies would only impoverish Botswanans, Mokgweetsi Masisi told German daily Bild.
The African leader argued that conservation efforts have led to an explosion in the number of elephants and that hunting is an important means to keep them in check.
Herds of elephants were causing damage to property, eating crops and trampling residents, Masisi told the German paper.
“In light of the alarming loss of biological diversity, we have a special responsibility to do everything to ensure the import of hunting trophies is sustainable and legal,” she said.
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