Trump administration quietly OKs elephant trophy imports again

[NeoConsSuck]

Source: USA Today

Good news for you big-game hunters. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has reversed an Obama-era ban on elephant trophy imports. Instead, the FWS will assess each case on an "individual basis."

The March 1 announcement comes a bit more than three months after President Trump paused a first attempt to loosen the ban after public outcry. The president, seemingly joining the uproar, called the relaxation on imports a "horror show."

The change marked a shift in efforts to stop the importation of elephant tusks and hides, overriding a 2014 ban imposed by the Obama administration. The policy applied to the remains of African elephants killed between January 2016 and December 2018.

President Trump’s two adult sons are avid trophy hunters. A photo of Donald Trump Jr. holding a knife and the bloody severed tail of an elephant he reportedly killed in Zimbabwe in 2011 sparked outrage among animal rights activists.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/03/07/trump-administration-quietly-oks-elephant-trophy-imports-again/402198002/

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. Of course they did. Somebody bribed trump directly or indirectly

Trump sets up all these threats and then waits for the bribes roll in to "fix it".

[3Hotdogs]

4. Not at all. Just that Eric and Little Donnie want to go hunting again.

[RainCaster]

2. There is so much irony in this

SCROTUS will open up the killing of elephants. Yes, the mascot of the GOP is moving much closer to an endangered species.

[duforsure]

3. Wonder how much they had to pay trump for this?

[McCamy Taylor]

5. Money makes Trumps world go around. I'll bet he legalizes importing slaves for the right price.

[dalton99a]

6. Sure enough

[Bayard]

7. See this thread

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=2005115