JUNE 07, 2022
topics:	HUNTING & POACHING
by:	Cyril Zenda
located in:	Botswana
tags:	Botswana,elephant hunting,endangered species,trophy hunting

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This year’s hunting season in Botswana kicked off with giant killing acts: the shooting of two of the biggest elephant bulls, triggering both anger and jubilation from the extreme ends of the wildlife conservation camps.

In April, at the opening of Botswana’s controversial six-monthtrophy huntingseason, two large-tusked African savannah elephant bulls were killed. The two massive bulls, killed in northern Botswana, had tusks that weighed more than 100 pounds (48 kg) and 90 pounds (40 kg) each, respectively – marking them among Africa’s largest elephants.

While some local Batswana communities that directly benefit from these hunts celebrated the killings, not everyone was impressed.

ANGER AND CONDEMNATION

“This was one of the largest, if not the largest, tusker in the country,”