1 min readBy Adam Cruise
DEADLY FAILURE OP-ED: A collar was not enough: Botswana’s failure to protect its research elephants from trophy hunters
The killings of two satellite-collared elephant bulls raise a much larger question than whether their collars were somehow overlooked: what is the point of declaring research animals protected if the state institutions responsible for wildlife cannot prevent hunters from killing them?
By Adam CruiseSouth Africa
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The killings of two satellite-collared elephant bulls raise a much larger question than whether their collars were somehow overlooked: what is the point of declaring research animals protected if the state institutions responsible for wildlife cannot prevent hunters from killing them?
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- 41 words · 1 min read
- Published
- September 20, 2026
- Byline
- Adam Cruise
- Source
- Daily Maverick