Trump admin to reverse ban on elephant trophies from Africa

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(11-20-2017, 05:12 PM)JustWinBaby Wrote: People really care whether or not the guy brings a trophy back?   Does taking a trophy make the elephant less dead?

I don't care too much initially. Sure, being able to bring home trophies might be an additional incentive for someone to go shoot some elephant. It might decrease inhibititions to do so. But ok. What is so enraging to me is why one would actually want to make the legislative effort to again allow it. And how one would actually defend that initiative just because it's a republican idea - or, even more likely, just because America-hating, democRATS-voting liberals don't like the idea. I have a feeling that's all there is behind people all in favour of elephant trophies. On the backs of a highly endangered species.

Plus, have you read the reasoning how hunting elephants actually helps conserving the species. Cynicism at its best.