𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐌𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐌𝐊𝐇𝐔𝐋𝐔 𝐀𝐃𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐇𝐘 𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐁𝐀𝐍

𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐎𝐍-Minister of Environment and Tourism, Mr Dumezweni Mthimkhulu addressed some British legislators, their Lordships from the House of Lords, peers and other stakeholders at the House of Commons on Monday, to lobby against the British Parliament passing the Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill. He said Botswana was one of the most successful countries in the world in terms of wildlife conservation and had managed to keep increasing the numbers of wildlife across all species. He pleaded with the legislators to consider the rural communities who live alongside the wildlife areas, who would be directly affected by the Bill.

Kgosi Tawana II of Batawana and Ngamiland Council of Non-governmental Organisations director, Mr Siyoka Simasiku, also made their presentations. Director in the International Conservation Affairs Director General’s office, Professor Patience Gandiwa represented Zimbabwe to lobby against the Bill. The Bill seeks to ban the importation into the United Kingdom of hunting trophies of various species covered by CITES.
📷Yobe Shonga