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Botswana is home to the highest number of free roaming elephants in the world. The exact number of elephants in the country is disputed: conservation groups say there are 130,000, but Botswanan MP Kosta Markus says its actually closer to 250,000 - and he thinks that's too many.

He believes the elephant population is causing problems for constituents and has tabled a motion in parliament to reintroduce elephant culling in the country. A ban on hunting the animals got cross party support four years ago and a quarter of a million people have signed a petition against his new proposal.

Newsday's Alan Kasujja went to the country's parliament in Gaborone to ask why Mr Markus proposed the bill.

(Photo: Elephants in Botswana. Credit: Getty Images)