BYROBYN WHITEON 4/20/22 AT 4:24 AM EDT03:23
Endangered Species Day 2020: 5 Animals At Risk Of Extinction In The World
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The biggest elephant in Botswana has been killed by trophy hunters for its near 8-foot-long tusks.
The elephant had been carrying 200 pounds of ivory in itstusks, and was the largest to be hunted in the country since 1996, according to Wildlife At Risk International.
Thetrophy hunter hadtraveled to Botswanaand paid $50,000 to partake in the hunt along Botswana’s northern border,The Timesreported.
Photographs of the trophy hunter standing next to the ginormous tusks have sparked debate on social media.
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Exposing the Big Game 
They can make all kinds of rationales and justifications for this killing, past breeding age, blah, blah, blah – but all I can think of is what a terrible waste of life this was. Or a sacrifice to endless human ego and entitlement.
Why does this jerk have the right to that? Incredible privilege, my eye. This elephant was 50 years old, I think we’d be incredibly privileged to have this animal still living in the world.
Can the import of the tusks be blocked like in the past? Tying this rich entitled jerk up in red tape sounds great.