Fundraiser featuring son of U.S. president denounced as “business as usual for the trophy hunting industry.”

A hunting group is auctioning off a hunting trip with Donald Trump Jr. (Image: Safari Club International/screenshot)
A national hunting group is under fire from animal rights groups for auctioning off the opportunity to spend a week in close quarters with Donald Trump Jr. in Alaska for a luxury “dream hunt” of Sitka black-tailed deer.
The Safari Club International (SCI) will auction the trip at its annual convention. Bidding currently stands at $10,000.
“This annual event is the largest meeting in the world of people who celebrate the senseless killing, buying, and selling of dead animals for bragging rights,” Humane Society president and CEO Kitty Block told the Guardian Tuesday. “As our planet suffers an extinction crisis, it is business as usual for…
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