Botswana. Stop The Killing.

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#49

#RejectTheElephantCull US poll said NO to Botswana plans to hunt and cull elephants @ConsActionTrust @HSIGlobal @Protect_Wldlife #BotswanaStopTheKilling @OfficialMasisi @BWGovernment

#50

#272Elephants Africa is better than this, why is killing her heritage a good idea? This idea belongs with the colonialists @WMutunga @dailynation @ntvkenya #BotswanaStopTheKilling @OfficialMasisi @BWGovernment

#51

#StopTheHunt Most people in Botswana will not benefit from the killing of 272 elephants @samirasawlani @yashar @_AnimalAdvocate #BotswanaStopTheKilling @OfficialMasisi @BWGovernment

#52

#ElephantTrophyHunt #Botswana your ECO TOURISM is so high because of your elephants. WHAT are you doing? @GreatPlainsCons #BotswanaStopTheKilling @OfficialMasisi @BWGovernment

#53

Elephants are not a commodity! Expropriating nature is a colonial enterprise belonging to the dark ages. There was a time when humans were expropriated and sold as slaves. Trophy hunting is similar - colonial and arcane. #BotswanaStopTheKilling @OfficialMasisi @BWGovernment

#54

Masisi was advised on land use & planning to reduce HEC by acclaimed elephant experts. He ignored all such advise & is instead working with @SafariClubIntl & @dallasafariclub; both aligned with the notoriously corrupt @NRA. #BotswanaStopTheKilling @OfficialMasisi @BWGovernment

#55

@SafariClubIntl isn't a Africa's messiah for rural communities. Trophy hunting is not African; it's western, elitist & privileged. African governments must stop relying on manipulative western “donations” that destroy Africa’s heritage. #BotswanaStopTheKilling @BWGovernment

#56

Appropriate land-use planning, including dedicated migratory corridors will aid elephant dispersal and increase the potential for amicable human elephant coexistence. #BotswanaStopTheKilling @OfficialMasisi @BWGovernment

#57

Conservation areas that are not amenable to photography-based tourism should be converted to self-drive tourism, this will generate revenue and ensure a counter-poaching presence. #BotswanaStopTheKilling @OfficialMasisi @BWGovernment

#58

Selective targeting of the biggest tuskers by hunters will not aid the protection of wildlife populations. Hunting is not a population control strategy; it results in undesirable sex ratios and age structures in populations. #BotswanaStopTheKilling @OfficialMasisi @BWGovernment

#59

“A nation is judged by how it treats its animals” - Gandhi

#BotswanaStopTheKilling @OfficialMasisi @BWGovernment

#60

"In 2016, Botswana became a beacon of hope for the worldwide struggle to save elephants from extinction... It is unfathomable to imagine that Botswana is issuing permits to kill 272 elephants this year.” Jen Samuel, Founder, Elephants DC. #BotswanaStopTheKilling @OfficialMasisi

#61

“It is time for Botswana to take a stand by setting a precedent of genuine protection & conservation of all African species in order to sustain African ecosystems & economies before it's too late” Beth Hill, Nsefu Wildlife. #BotswanaStopTheKilling @OfficialMasisi @BWGovernment

#62

“Allowing the slaughter of these magnificent animals is both robbing my generation and those of the future of our African heritage... we will not sit pretty as we watch them rob us of our future.” Vincent Ontita, Kenya. #BotswanaStopTheKilling @OfficialMasisi @BWGovernment

#63

"African youth are alive to the truth that elephants are part of our pride and heritage to conserve and hold in trust for future generations ... bullets must never be allowed to endanger this heritage." Leslie Olonyi, Kenya #BotswanaStopTheKilling @OfficialMasisi @BWGovernment

#64

"For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours, they move finished and complete" Henry Beston. #BotswanaStopTheKilling @OfficialMasisi @BWGovernment