Overpopulation produces pachyderm predicament propelling president to pressure particular place to provide (p)new pad

[bolverk 29846]

I read elsewhere that Botswana's ecology only has the carrying capacity to accommodate 60,000 elephants.

Botswana threatens to deport 20,000 elephants to Germany
“No joke.”

Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany as the countries argue over the import of hunting trophies.

“No joke,” he told the German tabloid BILD on Tuesday.

Masisi attacked the German federal government, and the environment ministry in particular, led by Green minister Steffi Lemke, for seeking to ban the import of trophies despite Botswana’s overpopulation of elephants.

“It is very easy to sit in Berlin and have an opinion about our affairs in Botswana. We are paying the price for preserving these animals for the world,” he said.

Botswana, home to about 130,000 elephants according to the president, has sent 8,000 to Angola already. “We would also like to make such an offer to the Federal Republic of Germany,” announced Masisi. “We won’t take no for an answer.”

“We want our elephants to roam freely. The German weather is bad enough for them,” he added. “If you like them so much, then please accept this gift from us.”

Officials from the southern African country already protested a potential U.K. ban on safari hunters importing trophies, warning in March they would send 10,000 elephants to Hyde Park in London.

The animal rights organization PETA supports Lemke’s plans to restrict and possibly ban the import, calling trophy hunting “a hobby of rich, jaded people who have more money than morals.”

“The horrendous sums that amateur hunters spend on a hunting trip do not end up with the poor population or with a national park administration, but almost exclusively in the pockets of tour operators and hunting farm owners,” a PETA spokesperson told POLITICO.

Botswana should ban trophy hunting entirely and instead rely on photo tourism to generate revenue, the spokesperson added, pointing out that living animals would do more for the country’s image.

Botswana’s president described his country’s elephant situation as serious. Elephants were trampling people to death, crops were destroyed and villages devastated.

He also invited the minister to inspect wildlife protection in Botswana. His country does more “than any other country in the world,” he stressed, adding that a move to ban importing trophies would worsen poverty.

Germany’s Federal Ministry for the Environment said that Botswana has “not yet contacted them on this matter”, but that Lemke has “signaled that she will accept Botswana’s invitation if an opportunity arises” to inspect wildlife protection in the southern African country.

The German Association for Animal Welfare called the government’s plans “long overdue” and shared a 2022 report with POLITICO, which argues that such hunts, in fact, exacerbate existing inequalities within society instead of diminishing them.  

Germany is one of the largest importers of hunting trophies in the EU.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk was unavailable for comment. Cough.

 

[InkaUtexas 26401]

Fuck that... Prussian Pachyderms? Some German will arm them and take over Rome.

BTW +1 for the title.

 

[bolverk 29846]

1 minute ago, InkaUtexas said:

Fuck that... Prussian Pachyderms? Some German will arm them and take over Rome.

BTW +1 for the title.

 

I say Germany should accept the elephants, outfit them with armor, and then hand them over to the Ukrainians for a bitchin' summer offensive. 

Cossack riders on 20,000 armored elephants with air cover from a drone swarm. That'll leave a fucking mark.

[InkaUtexas 26401]

1 minute ago, bolverk said:

I say Germany should accept the elephants, outfit them with armor, and then hand them over to the Ukrainians for a bitchin' summer offensive. 

Cossack riders on 20,000 armored elephants with air cover from a drone swarm. That'll leave a fucking mark.

I like how you are thinking. And why not make them airborne? 

But how do you attach laws to the Elephants trunk? And aim?

[Trey3216 15382]

38 minutes ago, bolverk said:

I read elsewhere that Botswana's ecology only has the carrying capacity to accommodate 60,000 elephants.

Botswana threatens to deport 20,000 elephants to Germany
“No joke.”

Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany as the countries argue over the import of hunting trophies.

“No joke,” he told the German tabloid BILD on Tuesday.

Masisi attacked the German federal government, and the environment ministry in particular, led by Green minister Steffi Lemke, for seeking to ban the import of trophies despite Botswana’s overpopulation of elephants.

“It is very easy to sit in Berlin and have an opinion about our affairs in Botswana. We are paying the price for preserving these animals for the world,” he said.

Botswana, home to about 130,000 elephants according to the president, has sent 8,000 to Angola already. “We would also like to make such an offer to the Federal Republic of Germany,” announced Masisi. “We won’t take no for an answer.”

“We want our elephants to roam freely. The German weather is bad enough for them,” he added. “If you like them so much, then please accept this gift from us.”

Officials from the southern African country already protested a potential U.K. ban on safari hunters importing trophies, warning in March they would send 10,000 elephants to Hyde Park in London.

The animal rights organization PETA supports Lemke’s plans to restrict and possibly ban the import, calling trophy hunting “a hobby of rich, jaded people who have more money than morals.”

“The horrendous sums that amateur hunters spend on a hunting trip do not end up with the poor population or with a national park administration, but almost exclusively in the pockets of tour operators and hunting farm owners,” a PETA spokesperson told POLITICO.

Botswana should ban trophy hunting entirely and instead rely on photo tourism to generate revenue, the spokesperson added, pointing out that living animals would do more for the country’s image.

Botswana’s president described his country’s elephant situation as serious. Elephants were trampling people to death, crops were destroyed and villages devastated.

He also invited the minister to inspect wildlife protection in Botswana. His country does more “than any other country in the world,” he stressed, adding that a move to ban importing trophies would worsen poverty.

Germany’s Federal Ministry for the Environment said that Botswana has “not yet contacted them on this matter”, but that Lemke has “signaled that she will accept Botswana’s invitation if an opportunity arises” to inspect wildlife protection in the southern African country.

The German Association for Animal Welfare called the government’s plans “long overdue” and shared a 2022 report with POLITICO, which argues that such hunts, in fact, exacerbate existing inequalities within society instead of diminishing them.  

Germany is one of the largest importers of hunting trophies in the EU.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk was unavailable for comment. Cough.

 

I would've state it as "Population Pressures Produce...." rather than Overpopulation, but solid effort nonetheless.  

[RDCanecutter 26570]

Just make sandals with socks for the German elephants. They'll fit right in.

[InkaUtexas 26401]

1 minute ago, RDCanecutter said:

Just make sandals with socks for the German elephants. They'll fit right in.

Need stein holders mounted.

[InkaUtexas 26401]

we need @thujone to draw this.

[bolverk 29846]

50 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

we need @thujone to draw this.

How about AI?

[InkaUtexas 26401]

OMG.... Fuck Yeah! Can we get stickers?

@MissingInAction

[MissingInAction 25328]

18 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

OMG.... Fuck Yeah! Can we get stickers?

@MissingInAction

I'm sure we can get them made 

[InkaUtexas 26401]

11 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:

I'm sure we can get them made 

Get this to NAFO HQ asap.