Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to 'roam free' in Germany

• Published date: 04 April 2024
• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

Botswana, home to about 130,000 elephants, uses trophy hunting as a means of keeping the elephant population manageable, Masisi said, adding that herds of elephants have caused property damage, as well as eat crops and trample humans

If Germany loves the animals so much, then Germans should "live together with the animals," Masisi said, adding, "This is not a a joke."

Masisi's statement follows similar comments by the country's wildlife minister, Dumezweni Mthimkhulu, who last month threatened to send 10,000 elephants to Hyde Park in London so that Brits could "have a taste of living alongside" them.

Comments come amid row over trophy hunting

Germany is the largest importer of...