‘Condescending’ UK anti-hunting bill is revival of ‘colonial conquest’, says Botswana president | UK News
The president of Botswana has told Sky News an anti-hunting bill proposed by UK MPs is not only “condescending” but also a “resurgence of a colonial conquest”.
Ministers are to debate a proposed ban on UK safari hunters bringing body parts of animals they shoot, like tusks, back home.
President Mokgweetsi Masisi said he would be “abhorred, disappointed and disturbed” should the bill be passed, stressing the autonomy of Botswana as a democratic sovereign republic.
Speaking on The World With Yalda Hakim, Mr Masisi defended trophy hunting as “you pick which [animal] you hunt” whereas “culling” has a connotation of…