16 Nov 2017 7:28 pm
How disgusting.
Trump to lift ban on importing elephant trophies from Africa.
President Trump has decided to let big game hunters like his sons Eric and Donald Jr. import the heads of elephants into the United States, reversing an Obama-era ban from 2014.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service confirmed the move in a statement Wednesday night, saying it will begin issuing permits for elephant trophies from Zimbabwe and Zambia, even though the creatures are still listed under the Endangered Species Act.
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The elephant — which typically is hunted for its ivory tusks — has been listed as a “threatened” species since 1978.
President Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., sparked widespread outrage several years ago when pictures showing him posing with a dead pachyderm surfaced on social media.
One particular photo, which received most of the attention, showed him holding up the elephant’s severed tail.
Trump’s second son, Eric, has also faced criticism for his big game hunting after similar images emerged of him with a dead leopard and other creatures.
While much of Africa’s wildlife is endangered due to poachers, savanna elephants may be the most threatened.
The population plummeted by roughly 30 percent — or 144,000 — from 2007 to 2014, according to the 2016 Great Elephant Census. It dropped 6 percent in Zimbabwe alone.
“Reprehensible behavior by the Trump Admin,” tweeted The Elephant Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of African pachyderms.
https://nypost.com/2017/11/16/trump-to- ... om-africa/
