Undercover investigation exposes illegal wildlife items, including elephant skin furniture, hippo skull table and stingray belts, for sale at Safari Club International’s 2019 convention

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The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International found imperiled wildlife parts for sale, possibly violating Nevada law, and canned lion hunts for sale in violation of SCI’s own rules

WASHINGTON – An undercover investigation by the Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International revealed dozens of items made from imperiled wildlife for sale last week at the Safari Club International convention in Reno, Nevada. These items included elephant skin furniture, paintings on elephant ears, hippo skulls and teeth, and stingray skin belts. SCI is one of the world’s largest trophy hunting advocacy groups. Offering these items for sale likely violates Nevada state law on wildlife trafficking, and HSUS and HSI have reported their findings to enforcement authorities.

The investigation also found that canned lion hunts, the sale of which SCI banned at its conventions as of February 4, 2018, were easily available for purchase…

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3 thoughts on “Undercover investigation exposes illegal wildlife items, including elephant skin furniture, hippo skull table and stingray belts, for sale at Safari Club International’s 2019 convention

  1. The thing with this is, it is so damned disrespectful! The woman with the giraffe in her living room, hand of a gorilla used as an ashtray to stub out a burning cigarette, etc. That’s what bothers me most – there’s no respect, only human domination.

  2. Whenever I read this stuff, it always puts me in mind of the film character Adele Wolff, a sniper ‘evening the odds’. A girl after my own heart. 😉

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