Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany The president of Botswana has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany. His comments, appearing in German media, came in response to the German government's suggestion that there should be stricter limits on importing hunting trophies. Botswana has struggled to deal with a huge population of elephants, and its president assured that his threat was "no joke." Monte Francis explains.