Botswana's president wants to send 20,000 elephants to Germany

Botswana's president threatened today to send 20,000… elephants to Germany, angered by Berlin's criticism of his country's continued poaching and export of “trophies” to keep their numbers in check. The Germans “have to live with the animals, as they try to dictate to us”, reacted the leader of Botswana, Moguichi Masisi, as the German newspaper Bild writes on its website. “It's not a joke,” he added, referring to his “offer” to send 20,000 elephants to Germany. “We would like to give this gift to Germany” and “I do not accept its rejection”, he stressed. Botswana, a landlocked country in southern Africa, is home to the largest elephant population in the world, approximately 130,000 animals. Coexistence with humans is often difficult, according to the president who spoke of pachyderm attacks on villages and crops. The criticism leveled by Germany's environment ministry was aimed at hunting trophies that […]
Source: News Beast

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