http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/15/politics/elephant-trophies-us-restrictions-zimbabwe-zambia/index.html
(CNN)US authorities will remove restrictions on importing African elephant trophies from Zimbabwe and Zambia.
That means Americans will soon be able to hunt the endangered big game, an activity that garnered worldwide attention when a Minnesota dentist took Cecil, perhaps the world’s most famous lion, near a wildlife park in Zimbabwe.
A US Fish and Wildlife Service spokesman said the move will allow the two African countries to include US sport hunting as part of their management plans for the elephants and allow them to put “much-needed revenue back into conservation.”
Critics, however, note the restrictions were created by the Obama administration in 2014 because the African elephant population had dropped. The animals are listed in the US Endangered Species Act, which requires the US government to…
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Exposing the Big Game 
Conditions are even more chaotic in Zimbabwe now. Hard to imagine how it could get worse for the elephants and lions.
I dream that it will work out in their favor, and that the great white hunters will at last be barred from Zimbabwe.
I wish.
Or if not barred, thrown into a Zimbabwean prison that Palmer ought to have been. Sigh. One can dream, I guess.
I’m sure that’s why this is being held up – political instability in these countries. You’ve really got to hand it to Karma for stepping in sometimes.
I do thank Rep. Ed Royce of CA for recommending the more caution approach and basically telling US F&W to butt out:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-says-big-game-trophy-decision-hold-after-reversal-elephant-n822041