Westerners see elephants as pets, said Mokgweetsi Masisi, whose government threatened to send 30,000 elephants to Germany and the UK to demonstrate their dangers
  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
    237·
    11 months ago

    I’ve never met an elephant who staged a coup when their party of redneck facists failed to win a general election.

  • krolden@lemmy.ml
    13·
    11 months ago

    If rich people can trophy hunt elephants than I get to trophy hunt rich people

  • headset@lemmy.world
    92·
    11 months ago

    If Europeans are SO worried about the planet maybe they can start by replanting their forests before sticking their nose in other countries.

  • Cryan24@lemmy.world
    4·
    11 months ago

    “Why don’t you for a moment experience living with them? That’s why this offer was made to yourselves to have them in Hyde Park”

    Don’t threaten me with a good time 😋

  • تحريرها كلها ممكن@lemmy.ml
    2·
    11 months ago

    Europeans did a lot of bad things to Africa, including Botswana. Misdirected care seems the least harmful thing they have done. If I were Botswana’s president I’d be happy with this progress.

    • emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works
      21·
      11 months ago

      European-style ‘fortress conservation’ often ends up displacing people. Conservation that is controlled by local communities is equally good at protecting wildlife, and ensures that the economic benefits are not stolen by outsiders.