Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A pair of male elephants in the Okavango Delta, Botswana [File: Mike Hutchings/Reuters] Conservationists have raised the alarm ...

The government is revoking a ban on elephant hunting. Some say that's good news for the tourist business and local farmers who say the animals... Lebalang Ramatokwane surveys a jagged hole in the ...

Botswana's president announced on Monday the government will by December start issuing trophy hunting licences after it controversially scrapped a five-year ban on the practice, and angered ...

The reintroduction of elephant trophy hunting in Botswana in 2019, following a five-year moratorium, is likely severely depleting the number of large, older bulls, according to a recent report. This ...

Many conservationists on Thursday reacted with anger over Botswana's decision to lift its blanket ban on hunting, describing it as a "horrifying" move, though others backed the idea. The southern ...

CNN — (CNN) — Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany amid a dispute over the import of hunting trophies. ”Twenty thousand elephants for Germany, this ...

GABORONE, BOTSWANA — Botswana has issued 400 elephant hunting licenses amid fresh opposition from conservationists. International hunters pay up to $50,000 to obtain a license in order to hunt an ...

Shooting an Elephant in Botswana Trophy hunting is uncomfortable for some in the West but a lifeline for many locals. February 28, 2025, 4:30 PM ...

GABORONE, BOTSWANA — Six southern African countries have voiced disappointment with new efforts by the British Labour Party government to introduce a bill that seeks to ban the importation of wildlife ...