Christina

Somerville is not an ecologist, a scientist or an elephant behavioralist, he is a journalist, propagandist for Sustainable use, hunting and trade in wildlife parts, shame on you @SkyNews There is no need for trophy hunting in this day and age. Get real!!!

Extremely shocking that @SkyNews Sky airs a one-sided news item about the Botswana elephants with Keith Somervile as guest talking about TH as a positive tool for conservation.

#BotswanaElephants #StopTheHunt @2mTusks @FriendsofGSE @99TheIdealist BOTSWANA STOP THE KILLING NOW #BotswanaStopTheKilling @OfficialMasisi @BWGovernment

"For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours, they move finished and complete" Henry Beston. #BotswanaStopTheKilling @OfficialMasisi @BWGovernment

“Allowing the slaughter of these magnificent animals is both robbing my generation and those of the future of our African heritage... we will not sit pretty as we watch them rob us of our future.” Vincent Ontita, Kenya. #BotswanaStopTheKilling @OfficialMasisi @BWGovernment

“It is time for Botswana to take a stand by setting a precedent of genuine protection & conservation of all African species in order to sustain African ecosystems & economies before it's too late” Beth Hill, Nsefu Wildlife. #BotswanaStopTheKilling @OfficialMasisi @BWGovernment

"In 2016, Botswana became a beacon of hope for the worldwide struggle to save elephants from extinction... It is unfathomable to imagine that Botswana is issuing permits to kill 272 elephants this year.” Jen Samuel, Founder, Elephants DC. #BotswanaStopTheKilling @OfficialMasisi

“A nation is judged by how it treats its animals” - Gandhi #BotswanaStopTheKilling @OfficialMasisi @BWGovernment

Selective targeting of the biggest tuskers by hunters will not aid the protection of wildlife populations. Hunting is not a population control strategy; it results in undesirable sex ratios and age structures in populations. #BotswanaStopTheKilling @OfficialMasisi @BWGovernment

Conservation areas that are not amenable to photography-based tourism should be converted to self-drive tourism, this will generate revenue and ensure a counter-poaching presence. #BotswanaStopTheKilling @OfficialMasisi @BWGovernment

Appropriate land-use planning, including dedicated migratory corridors will aid elephant dispersal and increase the potential for amicable human elephant coexistence. #BotswanaStopTheKilling @OfficialMasisi @BWGovernment

Masisi was advised on land use & planning to reduce HEC by acclaimed elephant experts. He ignored all such advise & is instead working with @SafariClubIntl & @dallasafariclub; both aligned with the notoriously corrupt @NRA. #BotswanaStopTheKilling @OfficialMasisi @BWGovernment

Elephants are not a commodity! Expropriating nature is a colonial enterprise belonging to the dark ages. There was a time when humans were expropriated and sold as slaves. Trophy hunting is similar - colonial and arcane. #BotswanaStopTheKilling @OfficialMasisi @BWGovernment

#ElephantTrophyHunt #Botswana your ECO TOURISM is so high because of your elephants. WHAT are you doing? @GreatPlainsCons #BotswanaStopTheKilling @OfficialMasisi @BWGovernment

#StopTheHunt Most people in Botswana will not benefit from the killing of 272 elephants @samirasawlani @yashar @_AnimalAdvocate #BotswanaStopTheKilling @OfficialMasisi @BWGovernment

#272Elephants Africa is better than this, why is killing her heritage a good idea? This idea belongs with the colonialists @WMutunga @dailynation @ntvkenya #BotswanaStopTheKilling @OfficialMasisi @BWGovernment

#RejectTheElephantCull US poll said NO to Botswana plans to hunt and cull elephants @ConsActionTrust @HSIGlobal @Protect_Wldlife #BotswanaStopTheKilling @OfficialMasisi @BWGovernment

#272Elephants #OpFunKill Elephants need our protection from trophy hunters and from intellectually and morally compromised governments who align with trophy hunters @samirasawlani @cobbo3 @bonifacemwangi #BotswanaStopTheKilling @OfficialMasisi @BWGovernment

#272Elephants #StopTheKilling Most of the elephant’s habitat has been lost or fragmented by human settlement @wrldelephantday @africageo @elephantaticsbc #BotswanaStopTheKilling @OfficialMasisi @BWGovernment