A manager in the Thuringia environmental department goes big game hunting in Botswana, kills an elephant, poses for a photo with the corpse, brags about it to his collegues. His department is responsible for the preservation of species in the German state.
Added fun coincidence: While “Udo W.” was hunting, department heads from other environmental departments and agencies were in Botswana, too – to decide on a joint plan against ivory/elephant hunting in Southern Africa. This conference was supported by the German federal environmental department. One of the results of the meeting was that Botswana pledged to no longer hand out tourist hunting licenses, putting an end to purely recreational big game hunting, starting in 2014.
(Original Article in German; via)
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