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Exclusive: Hollywood PR Firm 42 West Cuts Ties to Botswana: “We have ended this relationship”

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Hollywood PR firm 42 West has severed ties with the government of Botswana over elephant hunting and anything else.

I am so proud of them for reacting swiftly and making the right decision. It’s a good thing this is over. Now I hope Botswana will rethink their position on elephant hunting and respect the great population that tourists come to see.

Here is a statement from the partners at 42 West:

“While the nature of what 42West was hired to do for the Botswana Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism has been grossly misrepresented, we have ended this relationship.”

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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