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Namibian Elephant in Farmlands Subject of Hunting Debate – Africa Geographic Magazine Blog

By Garry Rogers @Garry_Rogers

Namibian elephant in farmlands subject of hunting debate – Africa Geographic Magazine BlogA bull elephant has been making its way across commercial and game farms in the Hochfeld and Omitara areas of Namibia and has been the subject of concern after a recent advertisement surfaced to have the elephant hunted.

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By Charlie Paxton
posted on 29 March at 07:13

This elephant nicknamed Twinkie because of how he tip-toed over cattle fences was shot on Thursday on the farm Delary owned by Riaan Bornman. He had apparently damaged some fences and became aggressive when harassed by his farm workers, when he was raiding their maze fields....He was not sold into the Trophy Hunting business, he shot by an Ministry of Environment official. http://www.namibian.com.na/indexx.php?id=11070&pagetype=storydetail