Botswana considers lifting elephant hunting ban By Newsday - July 17, 2018 GABORONE — Botswana, home to the world’s largest elephant population, may lift a ban on hunting for sport in the face of what the government says is growing conflict between humans and wildlife, a move sure to provoke protest from animal welfare groups. Reuters Conservationists estimate the land-locked southern African country to have around 130 000 elephants, close to a third of the continent’s population, but the government says the number is closer to 230 000, causing problems for small-scale...