'It's not a joke': Botswana president threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany. Botswana is home to the world's largest population of elephants.
Commercial hunting is also an important source of income for the African country. The German Ministry of the Interior says it has not yet made contact with Botswana on the issue of importing elephant trophies into the country, which is one of the largest importers in the EU. The move is meant to reduce publicity around the practice of hunting elephants.