Botswana is located in southern Africa.
A whopping 60,000 elephants live just 10 minutes from the airport.
Botswana, a major elephant nation, is actually facing a major problem: the ivory trade.
About 30,000 elephants are killed annually by poachers, and their ivory is illegally transported to China and other Asian countries.
In 2016, Botswana steered towards a total ban on the ivory trade.
This is likely to lead the way among other southern African countries that support conditional trade and encourage change in the overall ivory issue.
In the grassland, mischievous baby elephants are chasing each other between the legs of adult elephants who are moving slowly...
We want to preserve this kind of environment.
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