Botswana’s Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) has responded to criticism about the recent killing of prominent ‘big tusker’ elephants. Hunter Leon Kachelhoffer attracted international ...

Wild Africa at its best, Botswana is seen by many travelers around the world as the ultimate wildlife destination with vast stretches of wilderness and prolific wildlife. A full 38% of the total land ...

Investigation shows that trophy hunting in Botswana continues to impoverish local communities, causes the decline in species and heightens human-elephant conflict situations. A forensic study into ...

The Government of Botswana is considering significant changes to the country’s approach to wildlife management. The proposed policy reflects a worrying lack of recognition of the habitat and migration ...

Almost 90 elephant carcasses were found near a wildlife sanctuary in Botswana in what the founder of Elephants Without Borders, a conservationist organization, said was one of the largest number he'd ...

Wildlife tourism is an important segment of Botswana's tourism industry, representing 80% of the total annual revenue of trips to Botswana. Key to this are protected areas which have led to the growth ...

The poaching of elephants, rhinos, tigers and other wildlife for illegal trade in their products is becoming ever more sophisticated and dangerous. As growing numbers of reports link poaching to large ...

In a bid to boost agro-tourism, the Botswana government is offering wildlife start-up stock to farmers to keep in their ploughing fields. The government says the move will give locals an improved ...

Botswana, home to the world’s largest elephant population, is set to hold its first major auction for trophy elephant hunting quotas since scrapping a hunting ban last year. The sale on Friday will be ...

Botswana is offering 287 elephant hunting licenses in April at the same time as a species of African elephant has been listed as critically endangered. Botswana's Department of Wildlife and National ...

Botswana, home to the world’s largest elephant population, has held its first major auction for trophy elephant hunting quotas since scrapping a hunting ban last year. Six licences to hunt a total of ...