GOP chairman breaks with Trump on elephant trophy imports
Source: The Hill
BY TIMOTHY CAMA - 11/17/17 01:27 PM EST
The Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee slammed President Trump Friday for allowing imports of hunted elephant trophies from Zimbabwe.
Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.), who has prioritized fighting wildlife crime in his chairmanship, said Zimbabwes ongoing political crisis potentially a coup detat makes it even more likely that the south African country cant maintain the conservation efforts necessary to save African elephants from hunting crimes.
When carefully regulated, conservation hunts can benefit habitats and wildlife populations. That said, this is the wrong move at the wrong time, Royce said in a Friday statement.
Today Zimbabwe is in economic and political crisis. American citizens in the country are advised to go outdoors only when necessary. In this moment of turmoil, I have zero confidence that the regime which for years has promoted corruption at the highest levels is properly managing and regulating conservation programs, he continued.
Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/360917-gop-chairman-breaks-with-trump-on-elephant-trophy-imports
saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)What can I do, or say, that will expose how mentally and morally bankrupt we become when we except this murder of thinking elephants. They grieve for their dead, yet, hunters want a trunk on the wall?
mopinko
(70,208 posts)i doubt this is even about trophies, per se, as importing ivory, and getting away w selling the illegal ivory they already own. or other valuable animal parts.
i got a crips $20 bill that says junior has a pile of tusks squirreled away somewhere.
saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)wants the trophy shot. The ivory is not as profitable as the rump real estate scams. imo
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)So he can cash in on the Great White Hunter trade.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,441 posts)Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,795 posts)Just a thought.
I am so sick of these asshats in power who are expressing "concern" or offering "thoughts and prayers" instead of doing their jobs.
True Blue American
(17,988 posts)Last edited Sat Nov 18, 2017, 10:44 AM - Edit history (1)
The WhiteHouse is still reviewing the Elephant EO.
Meaning they made an awful lot of angry people. It was just another brain,uh storm from Trump,to knock down an Obama EO.