Wildlife vet: the Botswana elephant debate is actually about a bigger conservation issue
Botswana elephants – to trophy hunt and cull, or not? The current international furore over a Botswana government White Paper (discussion…
Category: Hunting/Poaching
Shedding light on Botswana’s anti-poaching efforts – from past until present
A dark cloud hovers over the small nation of Botswana. It is neither one likely to cheer up farmers nor…
Botswana’s lifting of hunting ban will protect wildlife
In 2014, then president of Botswana, Ian Khama, introduced a ban on hunting, saying it had contributed to poaching and…
What to do with 130,000 elephants? – Environment Chamber supports Botswana’s course on elephant populations
A Sub Committee appointed by President Masisi of Botswana recently made its recommendations in a White Paper regardingBotswana’s hunting ban…
Elephant management expert applauds the new Botswana President – His Excellency Mokgweetsi Masisi
The CEO of the True Green Alliance in South Africa, Ron Thomson – a veteran African game warden and elephant…
Government committed to ending human-wildlife conflict… co-existence strategy on the cards
President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi says the government is committed to effectively tackling Botswana’s longstanding human-wildlife conflict issue. Addressing the Botswana…
UB advocates for selective hunting
The University of Botswana has backed recent recommendations made by the cabinet sub-committee regarding the lifting of the Hunting Ban. In…
The cost of the HUNTING BAN to the government
As the global furore against Botswana on whether to cull or not to cull its exploding elephant population continues…
5 Things You May Not Know About Human – Wildlife Conflict in Botswana
Botswana has a population of about 2.2 million people and an estimated 134,000 elephants, the largest population of elephants in…
Cabinet sub-committee recommends lifting hunting ban, culling elephants
Former President Ian Khama’s fortress in the tourism industry, which disproportionately benefits few of his friends to the detriment of…
Botswana arrests men in possession of elephant tusks
Botswana has charged five men with the unlawful possession of elephant tusks. The five men appeared before Francistown Magistrate Kaveri…
Chobe residents support lifting of the hunting ban
Chobe District residents have expressed support for the lifting of the hunting ban. Kgosi Bafedile Lesoma said at a kgotla…
Mokgweetsi Masisi: We have a responsibility to solve conflict between animals and humans
Kedibonye (not her real name) — who lives in the village of Lesoma, situated in the Chobe Enclave in the…
Doubts mount in Botswana over charity’s claim of elephant ‘poaching frenzy’
It was a shocking story that attracted global attention this month: A “poaching frenzy”in northern Botswana left 87 elephants dead,…
Botswana’s secret agents implicated in mystery ivory stockpile
Following a raid on one of its camps, Botswana’s intelligence agency is under pressure to explain why it had a…
Parliament adopts motion to lift elephant hunting ban
Parliament has adopted a motion tabled by Maun East MP, Kostantinos Markus (pictured left) appealing to the government to consider…
Poaching in Botswana on the rise
Even though Botswana is pinning its hopes on tourism to diversify the economy, poaching remains a challenge and hinders the…
Paradigm shift as African countries throw their weight behind ivory ban
Calls from conservation groups for a strong line and a near total ban on the sale of ivory were strengthened…
African elephants are migrating to safety – and telling each other how to get there
The Chobe National Park in northern Botswana is a 11, 700 sq km (4,517 sq mile) sanctuary for animals.…
Aerial surveys of Botswana’s elephants show the numbers have stabilised
Aerial surveys indicate a greater concentration of elephants in Botswana than anywhere else in Africa. Botswana is home to the…
Botswana applauds China’s ivory trade ban
Botswana Wildlife authorities and experts on Thursday commended China’s ivory trade ban as a vital step to reducing the slaughter…
Botswana Wildlife rangers trained on handling sniffer dogs to detect ivory
The war against elephant poaching in Botswana recently got a boost when the country’s wildlife rangers graduated from an intensive…