Nov 18, 2012 – Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe – Cecil the iconic lion at Hwange National Park. In July 2015 American dentist and Safari Club International member Walter Palmer killed Cecil the lion with a bow and arrow during an illegal hunt in Zimbabwe. Palmer, 55, from Minnesota, allegedly paid park guides 50,000 to hunt and kill Cecil at the Hwange National Park. (Credit Image: � Paula French/ZUMA Wire/ZUMAPRESS.com)

When Ryan Zinke was appointed Secretary of the Interior, he was tasked with forming a group to recommend conservation policy for the administration.

So Trump now has his International Wildlife Conservation Council. When we look at the conservation-minded, nature-loving worthies selected, they make as  much sense as forming a diversity council and turning it over to members of the KKK.

But the selections makes sense when we discover the group’s goals:  “to tout the role of hunters in conservation and increase  public awareness…