Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/04/07/botswana-threatens-to-send-20000-elephants-to-roam-free-in-germany.html
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If Germany doesn’t want them, I know a guy…
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Bring it. Won’t be more hurly-burly than the Loveparade.
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It would be a great GOP stunt. Just imagine an elephant stampede?
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Greg Abbott: Hold my beer!
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I hope they buy some huge down coats for them.
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How are they going to smuggle them in? Operation Dumbo Drop x 20,000?
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Business class.
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It’s from Germany’s most important children’s TV program, die Sendung mit der Maus.
About as culturally important to Germans as Mr. Rogers + Sesame Street is to Americans (sorry, I don’t know any Brazilian equivalents, I’m afraid).
The elephant is the mouse’s friend, but crucially, he’s much smaller than the mouse.
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Just out of curiosity, does anyone know if there’s validity to the Botswanan president’s claim of elephant overpopulation and financial ruin?
EDIT: Thank you everyone for the wonderfully kind and informative replies!
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I am with Team Badfort myself.
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Eh, a few weeks of a european winter would take care of that elephant problem so what’s the point?
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What does 220k elephants convert to in feral hogs?
I can’t imagine what it’s like to live in a place where elephant damage is common. I probably saw 50 deer in my fields last night and it’s always a pain to keep them out of my gardens. That’s probably no more than an half an elephant at most. I also have difficulty wrapping my head around a world where I can side with the “let people kill elephants for trophies” faction.
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