{"id":3019,"date":"2019-06-10T08:44:13","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T08:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=3019"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:20","slug":"why-botswana-got-it-wrong-in-lifting-the-ban-on-elephant-hunting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2019\/06\/10\/why-botswana-got-it-wrong-in-lifting-the-ban-on-elephant-hunting\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Botswana Got It Wrong in Lifting the Ban On Elephant Hunting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>By CHRIS DIAZ<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Africa is home to some 415,000\nelephants, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature\n(IUCN) \u2014 the population having been largely ruined by poaching for ivory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over 60 million tourists visit\nAfrica every year to see the beautiful wildlife and other tourist attractions\nearning the continent billions of dollars and creating much needed employment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Botswana, which has 130,000\nelephants, the world&#8217;s largest population, has lifted the ban on elephant\nhunting, citing growing conflict between humans and the animals, which at times\ndestroy crops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The move has angered thousands of\nangry conservationists who believe that lifting the ban launches another season\nfor the rapid decline in elephant numbers on the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadly, most African countries\ncontinue to see elephants as an endangered species that is at risk of being\nkilled for trophy hunting which ultimately opens up the deadly ivory trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision also risks damaging\nBotswana\u2019s international reputation for conservation and affect its revenues\nfrom tourism, the second largest source of foreign income for the country after\ndiamond mining\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theeastafrican.co.ke\/oped\/comment\/Why-Botswana-got-it-wrong-in-lifting-the-ban-on-elephant-hunting\/434750-5149878-7k73elz\/index.html\">Read More&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By CHRIS DIAZ Africa is home to some 415,000 elephants, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) \u2014 the population having been largely ruined by poaching for&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}