Trump wildlife protection board stuffed with trophy hunters

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/politics/whitehouse/trump-wildlife-protection-board-stuffed-with-trophy-hunters/2018/03/15/c2ed6962-289e-11e8-a227-fd2b009466bc_story.html

By Michael Biesecker, Jake Pearson and Jeff Horwitz?|?AP
March 15, 2018 at 6:18 PM

WASHINGTON — A new U.S. advisory board created to help rewrite federal rules for importing the heads and hides of African elephants, lions and rhinos is stacked with trophy hunters, including some members with direct ties to President Donald Trump and his family.

A review by The Associated Press of the backgrounds and social media posts of the 16 board members appointed by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke indicates they will agree with his position that the best way to protect critically threatened or endangered species is by encouraging wealthy Americans to shoot some of them.

One appointee co-owns a private New York hunting preserve with Trump’s adult sons. The oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., drew the ire of animal rights activists after a 2011 photo emerged of him holding a bloody knife and the severed tail of an elephant he killed in Zimbabwe.

The first meeting of the International Wildlife Conservation Council was scheduled for Friday.

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This screenshot of Twitter post from the page of Keith Mark shows photos of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke meeting with Donald Trump Jr. and Keith Mark. A new U.S. advisory board created to help rewrite federal rules for importing the heads and hides of African elephants, lions and rhinos is stacked with trophy hunters, including some members with direct ties to President Donald Trump and his family. Donald Trump Jr. is friendly with another member of the advisory council _ hunting guide and TV show personality Keith Mark. He helped organize Sportsmen for Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign and recently posted photos on his Twitter page of himself with Trump Jr. and Zinke, standing before an array of mounted big-horn sheep and a bear. “I see the world from a hunting lifestyle,” Mark told the AP, adding that he has no preconceived agenda for his service on the conservation council. “It’s the most pure form of hands on conservation that there is. I will approach all decision-making with my background.” (Twitter via AP)

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1. WaPo got it wrong...

Jr.'s photo of holding an elephant tail was offensive in part because the knife he was holding was NOT bloody..
it was perfectly clean.
It was obvious, like Sarah's perfect looking pecan pie, that he did not do the work of cutting the tail.

As an aside, I hope the elephant will be avenged, sooner than later.

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2. Here is a pic of another board member:

From Gary Trudeau, using his Doonesbury character Roland Hedley to show the pic:

Link to tweet