Botswana is considering releasing elephant hunting

gaborone - Botswana, the country with the largest elephant population in the world, may lift the ban on hunting the animals. The government committee proposes that after consultation with researchers and hunters...

The sparsely populated African country introduced the ban on elephant hunting in 2014. At the moment there are 130,000 elephants, which is equivalent to one elephant on 18 inhabitants. The biggest complaint is that the animals cause damage to the harvest.

The hunting ban has long been a point of discussion between local organizations and defenders of animal rights. The latter are of the opinion that elephants in Botswana are looking for a good escape from the poachers in neighboring countries.