BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaBotswana offers to send 20,000 elephants to GermanyPublished6 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesBy Jacqueline HowardBBC NewsThe president of Botswana has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in a political dispute.Earlier this year, Germany’s environment ministry suggested there should be stricter limits on importing hunting trophies. Botswana’s president Mokgweetsi Masisi told German media this would only impoverish Botswanans. He said elephant numbers had exploded as a result of conservation efforts, and hunting helped keep them in check.Germans should “live together with the animals, in the way you are trying to tell us to”, Mr Masisi told German newspaper Bild. The country is home to about a third of the world’s elephant population – more than 130,000.Herds were causing damage to property, eating crops and trampling residents, he told Bild.Botswana has previously given 8,000 elephants to countries such as Angola, and has offered hundreds more to Mozambique, as a means of bringing the population down.”We would like to offer such a gift to Germany,” Mr Masisi said, adding it was not a joke and he would not take no for an answer.Botswana banned trophy hunting in 2014, but lifted the restrictions in 2019 after facing pressure from local communities. The country now issues annual hunting quotas, saying that it provides a good source of income for the local community and that the practise is licensed and strictly controlled.It has previously considered using elephants for pet food.Germany is the EU’s largest importer of African elephant trophies, and hunting trophies overall, according to a 2021 report by the Humane Society International.’I’m afraid that elephants will kill me’Elephant ‘corridors’ – where locals take care to crossA spokeswoman for the environment ministry in Berlin told the AFP news agency that Botswana had not raised any concerns with Germany on the matter.”In light of the alarming loss of biological diversity, we have a special responsibility to do everything to ensure the import of hunting trophies is sustainable and legal,” she said.The ministry, however, remained in talks with African countries affected by import rules, including Botswana, the spokeswoman said.Australia, France and Belgium are among countries that have banned the trade in hunting trophies.In March, UK MPs voted to support a ban on importing hunting trophies, but the legislation has further scrutiny to pass before becoming law.A pledge to ban the import of hunting trophies was included in the Conservatives’ 2019 general election manifesto.Related TopicsGermanyBotswanaMore on this storyElephant ‘corridors’ – where locals take care to crossPublished6 August 2023’I’m afraid that elephants will kill me’Published13 May 2023Botswana holds elephant hunting auctionsPublished7 February 2020Botswana lifts ban on elephant huntingPublished22 May 2019Top StoriesLive. Three British aid workers killed in Gaza namedWhat do we know about the aid convoy strike?Published1 hour agoJK Rowling hate law posts not criminal, police sayPublished4 hours agoFeaturesWho were the seven aid workers killed in Gaza?’I was deepfaked by my best friend’Brain injury: ‘How digger accident left me with depression’The sailors still stranded on ship that crashed into bridgeWhen is it going to stop raining?AttributionWeather’There is space for black women in comedy’JK Rowling and the Scottish hate crime law. 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