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South Dakota hunter among 33 in U.S. recently granted lion trophy permit

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In this undated photo provided by the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Cecil the lion rests in Hwange National Park, in Hwange, Zimbabwe.

By PAUL WALSH , STAR TRIBUNE 
July 29, 2018 – 3:04 PM

An eastern South Dakota businessman and seasoned big-game hunter is among nearly three dozen Americans granted permission since Donald Trump was elected president to bring back lion trophies from Africa, according to a wildlife advocacy group.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service gave a permit to Jon F. Dagel, of Florence, for whatever he may return should he bag a lion in Zimbabwe or possibly elsewhere on the continent, the Connecticut-based nonprofit Friends of Animals disclosed last week.

The 61-year-old nonprofit acquired the list of 33 permit applicants from 2016-2018 through a Freedom of Information request to the Fish and Wildlife Service.

Last week’s disclosure comes as the Trump administration has loosened federal restrictions and made it easier for hunters to receive the permits. That was not the case soon after Twin Cities dentist Walter Palmer killing…

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  1. Nearly three dozen? I just don’t know what to say. How can this still be allowed in today’s world? And people just parrot off the ‘conservation’ lie they’ve been told in support of it.

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