Botswana Selling Licenses To Kill Elephants At $39,000 A Head

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34. The IUCN moved African elephants from endangered to vulnerable status in 2004, in part because the

animals are relatively numerous, with some 415,000 African elephants roaming the continent, and the population is increasing in some areas. The population of elephants is increasing, not decreasing, in Botswana. The land is only capable is sustaining a finite number of each species. Wildlife management is a scientific approach to making the population sustainable over the long term. Of course, the government could selectively euthanize the excess population, but this approach actually helps pay for the parks management and the animals' protection from poachers.