The killing of Cecil the lion by an American trophy hunter just ... Three years after introducing its hunting ban, Botswana is so far holding firm, despite huge pressure from other southern ...

Referring to an African lion killed in 2015 by an American ... He also hit out at political leaders in Botswana who repealed his hunting ban, claiming it had been driven by “corruption from ...

The head and skin of a lion, prepared for display by ... Kenya has banned trophy hunting outright since 1977, and in Botswana, a comparatively wildlife-rich country, a temporary ban in government ...

Botswana on Friday will hold its first major auction for trophy elephant hunting quotas since controversially scrapping a hunting ban last year, a wildlife official said. President Mokgweetsi ...

Botswana on Wednesday lifted its ban on elephant hunting, saying the population had increased and farmers' livelihoods were being impacted, in a move set to trigger outrage from conservationists.

UNTIL October 2023, Botswana hunting communities did not know having wildlife that buy them services and build infrastructure would inspire their South African counterparts to enjoy the same. In ...

But a ban on the import of hunting trophies would only impoverish Botswanans, Masisi said. Botswana banned trophy hunting in 2014 but lifted the restrictions in 2019 under pressure from local ...

Trophy hunting is also controversial. Does it contribute to population declines because of irresponsible overharvesting? Or does it effectively monetize the lion, bringing cash into local and ...

Earlier this year, Germany's environment ministry suggested there should be stricter limits on importing trophies from hunting animals. Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi told German media ...

To the intense dismay of conservationists and animal welfare advocates, Botswana has lifted a 5-year-old ban on elephant hunting. The Botswana government claims there is growing conflict between the ...

Campaigners called for an immediate tourist boycott of Botswana today over a hunting ban that does not apply to the rich. President Ian Khama’s ban came into effect at the beginning of this year in a ...