Stop U.S. hunters from killing the elephants

http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/26/opinion/pacelle-elephant-poaching/index.html?iid=article_sidebar
CNN Opinion
Stop U.S. hunters from killing the elephants
By Wayne Pacelle
updated 10:27 AM EDT, Fri June 27, 2014

(CNN) -- Poachers threaten to drive the majestic African elephant to the brink of extinction, just as they have the long-persecuted northern white rhino.

But poachers aren't the only culprits. Very wealthy hunters, mainly from the United States, are picking off elephants in their zeal to bag the biggest tusks and trophies and rise within the ranks of the global trophy hunting fraternity.

There's reason to believe that,as a result of meaningful actions taken by African governments as well as the U.S. government to restrain trophy hunters, this intentional killing may subside.

Two African countries, Botswana and Zambia, have just outlawed trophy hunting. And the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has temporarily stopped issuing permits for hunters to bring home their elephant trophies from Tanzania and Zimbabwe, where hunting is legal and poorly regulated.... MORE at link posted above.