It was announced today that President Khama will stop all hunting in Botswana (citizen and tourist trophy hunting) in 2014. This comes on the heels of a lion hunting moratorium in 2008. The reasons
behind the decision are the great loss of wildlife in the country in recent years, an increase in elephant poaching, and a lack of continued belief that trophy hunting
is an overall component of wildlife conservation.
is an overall component of wildlife conservation.
Well done Botswana to recognize that wildlife is a national heritage that does not belong on the walls of overseas trophy rooms to the benefit of foreign operators.
http://www.lionaid.org/news/2012/10/trophy-hunting-to-end-in-botswana.htm
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