(Posted 10th December 2025)
Courtesy of African Elephant News
| Oscar Nkala, Mongabay (U.S), December 8, 2025 |
| 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 has put the country’s elephant population at risk and induced behavioral changes in the mammals, researchers say. Since 2019, Botswana has permitted roughly 400 elephants to be hunted, about 0.3% of the country’s elephant population. |
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