Botswana considering lifting ban on elephant hunting

JOHANNESBURG – Botswana, home to the world’s largest elephant population, may lift a ban on hunting for sport in the face of what the government says is growing conflict between humans and wildlife, a move sure to provoke protest from animal welfare groups, Reuters reported.

Conservationists estimate the land-locked southern African country to have around 130,000 elephants, close to a third of the continent’s population, but the government says the number is closer to 230,000. These huge elephant numbers are causing problems for small-scale farmers.

– African News Agency (ANA)