President Donald Trump on Friday announced he is suspending a controversial decision to lift the ban on importing trophies of dead elephants from Zimbabwe and Zambia into the U.S., which had been assailed by conservation and animal rights groups.
“Put big game trophy decision on hold until such time as I review all conservation facts,” Trump said on Twitter.
“Under study for years. Will update soon with Secretary Zinke,” Trump said in the tweet, referring to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. Zinke said in a statement later Friday that “the issuing of permits is being put on hold as the decision is being reviewed.”
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service confirmed on Thursday it lifted the ban. The agency “determined that the hunting and management programs for African elephants in Zimbabwe and Zambia will enhance the survival of the species in the wild,” a spokesperson…
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This is just another piece of the Trump Regime’s “fake news” agenda , many believe. His two Trophy-Hunting, Serial- Killing sons will no doubt have a say in this. S Trump tweets, it is just “on hold.”