Europeans care more about elephants than people, says Botswana president
Westerners see elephants as pets, said Mokgweetsi Masisi, whose government threatened to send 30,000 elephants to Germany and the UK to demonstrate their dangers Many...
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Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in trophy hunting row
President Mokgweetsi Masisi voices anger over Berlin’s opposition to the import of trophies over poaching concerns Botswana’s president has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to...
Scientists discover why dozens of endangered elephants dropped dead
In 2020, 350 elephants mysteriously died in Botswana, with a further 35 dying in similar circumstances in Zimbabwe. Now scientists think they may have found...
Elephants on the march across African borders as heat stress leads to fatalities
Mortality rate grows as animals roam long distances and clash with local people in desperate search for water The climate crisis is pushing elephants on...
