He had imposed a trophy hunting ban across the country in 2014. 'You know, there's more to it than shooting a bull, taking a photograph, becoming a hero and all this other nonsense."įormer Botswana president Ian Khama slammed this hunt. When you take a bull like that, there's a lot of remorse, there's a lot of sadness, you think about the great life that this elephant has led. He added: "To be in a position to hunt a bull like that, it's an incredible privilege. He said in the podcast, "That wasn't one of the things I was thinking about." He even appeared on a podcast to talk about the same. The hunter also reposted the controversial hunt and the conquest leading to it. The hunters also posed along with the tusks creating a lot of outrage. The elephant who was in its 50s was shot for its near 8-foot long tusks. Leon Kachelhoffer claims he killed the big tusker, which was carrying 200lb (91kg) of ivory, on the country's northern border with Namibia. A professional trophy hunter paid $50,000 for the 'privilege' of killing the largest 'tusker' in Botswana.
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