Botswana officials have threatened to send 10,000 elephants to London's Hyde Park 'so Brits can try living with them'.
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next The frustrated wildlife minister of Botswana has threatened to send 10,000 elephants to Hyde Park ‘to have a taste of living alongside them’ as the countries argue over hunting trophies. Politicians and diplomats from the African country are currently in London to protest a potential ban on UK safari hunters importing trophies from their kills.
‘I want Britons to have a taste of living alongside elephants, which are overwhelming my country. In some areas, there are more of these beasts than people. Spotting herds of elephants wandering through Hyde Park would come as a shock You wouldn’t want to come across a pair of elephants during a picnic in Hyde Park ‘They are killing children who get in their path. They trample and eat farmers’ crops leaving Africans hungry. They steal the water from pipes that is flowing to the people.
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