Botswana condemned for slaughtering elephants for independence celebrations
But local media published images from different parts of Botswana showing residents gathering around elephant carcasses, some with knives in hand and sharing the meat.
The government has defended regulated hunting as one way of managing the elephant population and human-wildlife conflict while generating income for communities."For the sake of dignity, fairness and public hygiene, we respectfully call on the hunter and the relevant leadership to ensure that future distributions are properly organised," MP Simasiku Mapulanga posted on Facebook, attaching photos of people scrambling for meat around an elephant carcass.
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