GOP chairman breaks with Trump on elephant trophy imports

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY TIMOTHY CAMA - 11/17/17 01:27 PM EST

The Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee slammed President Trump Friday for allowing imports of hunted elephant trophies from Zimbabwe.

Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.), who has prioritized fighting wildlife crime in his chairmanship, said Zimbabwe’s ongoing political crisis — potentially a coup d’etat — makes it even more likely that the south African country can’t maintain the conservation efforts necessary to save African elephants from hunting crimes.

“When carefully regulated, conservation hunts can benefit habitats and wildlife populations. That said, this is the wrong move at the wrong time,” Royce said in a Friday statement.

“Today Zimbabwe is in economic and political crisis. American citizens in the country are advised to go outdoors only when necessary. In this moment of turmoil, I have zero confidence that the regime — which for years has promoted corruption at the highest levels — is properly managing and regulating conservation programs,” he continued.

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/360917-gop-chairman-breaks-with-trump-on-elephant-trophy-imports

[saidsimplesimon]

1. Don, thank you

What can I do, or say, that will expose how mentally and morally bankrupt we become when we except this murder of thinking elephants. They grieve for their dead, yet, hunters want a trunk on the wall?

[mopinko]

3. they want the ivory.

i doubt this is even about trophies, per se, as importing ivory, and getting away w selling the illegal ivory they already own. or other valuable animal parts.

i got a crips $20 bill that says junior has a pile of tusks squirreled away somewhere.

[saidsimplesimon]

4. The rump family

wants the trophy shot. The ivory is not as profitable as the rump real estate scams. imo

[lagomorph777]

2. Maybe Trump wants to build a tower in Zimbabwe.

So he can cash in on the Great White Hunter trade.

[Angry Dragon]

5. Trump wants to kill the republican mascot

[BumRushDaShow]

6. Seems he already has!

[Angry Dragon]

7. He has a ways to go

[Midnight Writer]

8. Gee, Congressman Royce, maybe you could introduce some legislation to correct this.

Just a thought.

I am so sick of these asshats in power who are expressing "concern" or offering "thoughts and prayers" instead of doing their jobs.

[True Blue American]

9. The last I heard was

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The WhiteHouse is still reviewing the Elephant EO.

Meaning they made an awful lot of angry people. It was just another brain,uh storm from Trump,to knock down an Obama EO.