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Botswana Just Lifted Its Ban on Elephant Hunting. Conservationists Are Appalled.

Published on: Thursday 06 June 2019

Botswana Just Lifted Its Ban on Elephant Hunting. Conservationists Are Appalled. Botswana has lifted its elephant hunting ban, after a five-year probation period.The country's officials said that the reversal of the ban followed "extensive consultations with all the stakeholders," in a statement published yesterday (May 22) by Botswana's Ministry of Environment,


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