Europeans care more about elephants than people, says Botswana president

35 comments

1. People who annoy you.

2. That’s because there are more ppl than elephants.

3. Yes, what’s the problem?

4. Force me in front of two buttons that lower either an elephant or a human into lava and I’d probably save the human.
   But the disappearance of a population or a species is more than that

5. The world can be cruel and it’s hard to judge other cultures accurately if not part of them. That said Elephants are such lovely creatures it makes me so sad to ever see one killed and when their poached also looks disrespected 😥

6. the title is misleading. he emphasised that the natural resources of Botswana (a semi-arid country) is under pressure because of overpopulation of elephants. just as 30,000 wolves would be an issue for german farmers..

   their conservation efforts in botswana have in fact been too successful – one of the world’s best in terms of natural preservation – so elephant populations are too high for the country’s climate

7. We saw the same in the whaling debate decades ago.

   Europeans, and americans sitting in their comfy chair watching TV shows like Flipper and then become radicalised to “save the whales” without knowing there are many species of whale, and while some are endangered, others are not.

   However, whales dont kill people like elephants do.

8. They are right, Euros who dont have an idea about how it is like living with elephants shouldnt tell botswanans to appeal to their emotions botswana has a 1:20 elephant:human ratio and it is getting rather difficult for the habitats to sustain elephants people should just leave this to the conservation experts IMO

9. So what about that pinky promise about 20k 🐘 that was made??

   Come on! [Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in trophy hunting dispute | CNN](https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/03/africa/botswana-germany-trophy-hunting-scli-intl/index.html)

10. Well, there are seven billion people. And elephants are threatened with extinction. So… Yeah…

11. If you have too many elephants why do you need europeans to come shoot them?

12. Proud to support the animals

13. First it was Germans. Now its Europeans. Next article:
    “The world cares more about elephants thsn people”

14. Honestly he’s right, Europeans destroyed their environment over centuries and now complain about the ecological practices of developing nations.

15. Elephants are adorable 🥹

16. Dear Mr. Masisi.

    Yes.

    I most definitely “value the lives of elephants more than those of the people who live around them”.

    What are you going to do about it? Gonna cry?

17. People in this thread literally be like

    Elephants: 😄

    Africans: 🤮

    Yikes.

18. The wealthier Africans get, the more education and freedom there will be, the more awareness there will be on animals, the less poachers will get to an elephant. So partially, if you like elephants, you should like it that humans should get better lives.

19. Yes

20. So? Whats the point?

21. The offer still stands we take the elegantes but you have to take all European Right wing politicians… no takesibacksies

22. Yes

23. Yes, and?

24. I know it would cause so many issues and damages, but i would love for Germany to accept the elephants Botswana threatened to send.

    There is just something cool about the idea of wild herds of elephants wandering Europe.

25. Yes, and?

26. He cares more about money than elephants.

27. Sounds like a positive trait to me, people are dumb.

    Source: am people

28. Sometimes I forget this isn’t r/2westerneurope4u and I have to restrain myself

29. Personally, it depends on the color of the elephant.

30. Reddit showing its finest on the comments. We have a poor country with impoverished people that are struggling because of the destructive power elephants have on villages agriculture, and the fact that they like to kill people.  At the same time, some cuddled up losers in the most developed region on earth are trying to shame these people for wanting a better quality of life. 

31. Because you can’t really put people in a zoo and feed them peanuts anymore. Apparently racist.

32. Right, because Africans care soooo much about other people…

    What does he want exactly? A pat on the back for poaching endangered animals?

33. If you can find the scientist group letter to the president, it’s worth a read. https://africageographic.com/stories/scientists-write-letter-to-botswana-president-about-elephants/

34. Good.

35. Funny how you can say this, and it can be true. But you cannot say anything remotely akin to this if it relates to another culture.