Not my circus, not my monkey. Or elephant

To hunt or not to hunt? Will African governments rely on polls of Americans?

“While human populations and the concomitant demand for land continue to grow in both Botswana and Zimbabwe, so are their elephant numbers. One estimate coming from the Zambezi Society puts the elephant population of what is now known as Zimbabwe at a paltry 4,000 in 1900, when the country was very sparsely populated. Against a backdrop of a massive increase in the number of people, there are now over 80,000, and that is despite the culling of roughly 45,000 between 1960 and 1990.”

“Neighboring Botswana, part of the same ecosystem, and about which the present controversy swirls, is home to approximately 130,000 elephants, the largest population of them in Africa, and parts of the country, particularly the Chobe area, are being ecologically devastated as a result of the overconcentration of animals.”

Or:

1900 elephant population – 4,000.

1960-1990 elephants killed – 45,000.

2019 elephant population – 80,000+

https://www.takimag.com/article/the-elephant-in-the-room/

Link at maggiesfarm.