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World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

Europeans care more about elephants than people, says Botswana president

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Europeans care more about elephants than people, says Botswana president

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World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

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

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Fair. But Botswana is facing a water crisis, so unless something is done there is going to be a conflict.
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  Yes. Which is why I’m arguing for the global north to subsidize the global south.

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