Botswana has lifted its ban on elephant hunting
The southern African nation, which is home to 130,000 elephants -- or around one third of the continent's population -- imposed the ban in 2014 to deter poaching. But while the elephants are popular with wildlife-loving tourists, locals have complained that they damage crops and affect livelihoods. "Predators appear to have increased and were causing a lot of damage as they kill livestock in large numbers," the environment ministry statement said in Facebook post Wednesday.
Read MoreThat has led to elephants raiding crops, killing livestock, destroying water supplies -- and sometimes even injuring and killing people, according to the IUCN.In June last year, Botswana set up a cabinet sub-committee to review the ban on hunting. Local authorities, affected communities, NGOs, tourism operators and conservationists were consulted, the ministry said in its post.
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