10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2012

We are currently filming in Botswana. What this land-locked country lacks in endemic birds it more than makes up for in accessibility of tough species, numbers of birds and the overall wildlife experience. Few countries can boast the megafaunal diversity of the Okavango Delta.

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Botswana Lions Zebras Elephants 209

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

You may have read my recent piece on Birding the Okavango Delta in Botswana here on 10,000 Birds. Babita Tours has many years of experience organizing tailor-made wildlife tours for private groups in this wonderful country. We would also visit Ranthambore National Park where we hope to see more wonderful wildlife, and with luck, tiger.

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India Wildlife Tigers Rhinoceros 192

Critter News

JULY 26, 2012

King Juan Carlos may be the King of Spain, but he is no longer the honorary president of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Spain due to his hunting and killing of elephants in Botswana, Treehugger reports. It's not like Spain has enough problems now, it has to have an idiot king. From EcoRazzi.

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Elephants Hunting Spain Wildlife 100

Critter News

APRIL 20, 2012

From the Wildlife Extra News. King Juan Carlos of Spain, Honorary President of WWF Spain, is recovering in hospital after breaking his hip in Botswana where he was on an elephant hunt. April 2012.

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Spain Elephants Hunting Botswana 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

While much of the attention that Africa’s tourism industry gets is for its (deservedly) popular national parks and game reserves, a lot of wildlife viewing is possible away from the big name places. Brown-hooded Kingfishers hunt far from water. I mean education. Red-faced Mousebirds are common African specialities. You decide.

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Zimbabwe Botswana South Africa Endangered Species 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2015

I get that you’re really angry, I mean, he was a popular lion and yes, his cute widdle cubs will probably die to, but I can’t help feeling you’ve kind of missed the point a bit, and well, ending all hunting in Africa will not solve much and maybe make things worse and… No, no, I’m not a hunter. I’m sorry.

Lions 211

Lions Sierra Leone Hunting Buffalo 211

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2013

At the time, I was an active volunteer in an organisation soon to become the BirdLife Botswana and have noticed that Brown, Forbes and Symes quoted only two out of five Botswana observations accepted by the Rarities Committee, so I wrote to the Vulture News editor, suggesting that I write a short note on all five observations.

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Sudan Macedonia Botswana Serbia 230