Politicians and diplomats from Botswana - along with five other southern African nations - are in the UK to fight against the Hunting Trophies Prohibition Bill.
Politicians are in the UK to fight against the Hunting Trophies Prohibition BillFurious officials from Botswana have threatened to send 10,000 wild elephants to London's Hyde Park 'so Britons can try living with them' amid a row over hunting trophies.
They say a trophy-import ban will dry up safari hunt revenue, hampering wildlife conservation, anti-poaching efforts to save elephants, and impoverishing African villagers who get meat, money and jobs from such tourism. The dramatic suggestion was made by the African nation's wildlife minister yesterday as he condemned a proposed ban on UK safari hunters importing 'keepsakes'
'Elephant numbers, just like those of Scottish stags, have to be controlled. Hunters in the Highlands pay to shoot deer and put their antlers on their walls. So why is Britain trying to stop Africa doing the same?'
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