Let them choose and let them be empowered to handle the problem. They have more information than we have and their countries are more affected than we are.

and only 20 states outlaw them.

South Africa is big on lion hunts, but here you can bag almost anything else.

http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/captive_hunts/

http://www.utne.com/environment/tame-animals-killed-in-canned-hunts.aspx

I would prefer to see a tax put on trophy hunts that would be used to hire paramilitary units that would shoot poachers on sight.

game wardens have an incredibly dangerous job and are often killed by these ecocidal terrorists

i dont want to wait for zimbabwe or south africa to act.

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna

CITES has 3 lists of different levels of protection, covering roughly 850 species, with different levels of international protection.

Appendix I includes species threatened with extinction. Trade in specimens of these species is permitted only in exceptional circumstances.

Appendix II includes species not necessarily threatened with extinction, but in which trade must be controlled in order to avoid utilization incompatible with their survival.

Appendix III

This Appendix contains species that are protected in at least one country, which has asked other CITES Parties for assistance in controlling the trade. Changes to Appendix III follow a distinct procedure from changes to Appendices I and II, as each Party’s is entitled to make unilateral amendments to it.


As you can see, the easiest way for the US to ban trophy hunting in a manner that would be recognized by other nations (which can and do make money off hunting) is for the US to declare a ban on hunting specific species which are mostly hunted for trophies.