A country in Southern Africa has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany over a row about conservation.

It comes after Germany’s environment ministry suggested there should be stricter limits on importing trophies from hunting animals, with Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi claiming this would impoverish people in the country.

He added that elephant numbers have risen thanks to conservation efforts, with hunting keeping the numbers in check.

Speaking to German newspaper Bild, Mr Masisi said Germans should “live together with the animals in the way you are trying to tell us to”.