https://www.snopes.com/ap/2018/06/30/trump-wildlife-protection-board-defends-trophy-hunting/
The advisory council appointed by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is stuffed with celebrity hunting guides, representatives from rifle and bow manufacturers, and wealthy sportspeople.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Big-game hunters tapped by the Trump administration to help rewrite federal rules for importing the heads and hides of African elephants and lions as trophies defended the practice Friday, arguing that threatened and endangered species would go extinct without the anti-poaching programs funded in part by the fees wealthy Americans pay to shoot some of them.
The International Wildlife Conservation Council had its first meeting.
The Associated Press reported Thursday the advisory council appointed by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is stuffed with celebrity hunting guides, representatives from rifle and bow manufacturers, and wealthy sportspeople who boast of bagging the coveted “Big Five” – elephant, rhino, lion, leopard and Cape buffalo.
One appointee also co-owns a private…
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Exposing the Big Game 
Conflicts of interest, anyone????
Maybe this is just the transparency Trump promised.
The hunters, gun manufacturers, and outfitters have usually dictated the rules. They bribed the legislators, paid for the licenses, and scared the bureaucrats in the fish and game departments into ignoring their own scientists and caving in to demands.
https://exposingthebiggame.wordpress.com/2018/05/29/trump-administration-moves-to-lift-restrictions-on-hunting-trapping-in-national-preserves-in-alaska
This is just the beginning of massive assaults on any wildlife protections!