Trump once again lifts elephant trophy ban

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Trump once again lifts elephant trophy ban

#1 Post by Bob Juch » Tue Mar 06, 2018 9:33 pm

The Trump administration has quietly decided once again to allow Americans to import the body parts of African elephants shot for sport, despite presidential tweets decrying the practice as a "horror show."
But only if you're rich.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nati ... story.html
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Re: Trump once again lifts elephant trophy ban

#2 Post by Estonut » Wed Mar 07, 2018 1:35 am

Bob Juch wrote:But only if you're rich.
Your article makes no such claim.
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Re: Trump once again lifts elephant trophy ban

#3 Post by Bob Juch » Wed Mar 07, 2018 9:40 am

Estonut wrote:
Bob Juch wrote:But only if you're rich.
Your article makes no such claim.
Yes, it does:
President Donald Trump personally intervened in November when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service first said it would lift an Obama-era ban on elephants imported from Zimbabwe and Zambia. The agency contends that encouraging wealthy big-game hunters to kill the threatened species would help raise money for conservation programs.
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