Trump administration once again lifts elephant trophy ban

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

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."

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.

"Big-game trophy decision will be announced next week but will be very hard pressed to change my mind that this horror show in any way helps conservation of Elephants or any other animal," Trump tweeted on Nov. 19, placing the policy on hold after a public backlash to the earlier decision.

More than three months later, the federal agency overseen by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke issued a letter dated March 1 announcing that the importation of elephant trophies will now be approved on a "case-by-case basis." The letter cites a December ruling in a long-running lawsuit challenging the ban filed by Safari Club International and the lobbying arm of the National Rifle Association.

http://www.king5.com/article/news/nation-world/trump-administration-once-again-lifts-elephant-trophy-ban/526403179

[Ohiogal]

1. Goofus Jr. needs another elephant tail

His wife's birthday is coming up, he knows she'll love one

[3catwoman3]

2. This is just so disgusting...

...I cannot even find suitable words.

[Demovictory9]

3. that is awful.

[MFM008]

4. Cowardly liars

Wish one would fall over and crush them all.

[Cha]

5. So ironic.. they want to

kill more Elephants(poor things).

[Vinca]

6. I will never understand how anyone could amass a roomful of trophies and think it is a good thing.

I heard a former co-worker who inherited bucks has made his new life's work shooting beautiful animals and hanging them on the wall. He goes to Africa on a regular basis to haul body parts home. It's so repulsive and disgusting and something I could never imagine getting any sort of satisfaction from. Maybe they think it makes them manly, but it really makes them monsters.