Botswana’s tongue-in-cheek threat to send 20,000 elephants to Germany was a response to the German government for seeking a ban on the import of hunting trophies. But it brings up something important: Elephants are tricky neighbors and Botswana is home to 130,000 of them, the largest elephant population in Africa. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Amy Dickman, a professor of wildlife conservation at the University of Oxford, about the delicate balance between animal conservation and human needs.
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