We as a nation are supporting the decimation of endangered species by allowing the importation of their carcasses, body parts otherwise known as "trophies" by the American hunters that kill them. It turns out that 65 per cent of the Trophy Hunters are Americans.
Australia successfully banned the importation of Lion Hunting trophies.
Why couldn't we do the same or more?
We as a nation need to BAN the importation of "trophies" into the U.S. by American hunters!
We don't want the death of another Cecil the Lion on our conscience!
The brutal slaughter of the lion Cecil, a Celebrity tourist attraction of Zimbabwe, was poached by American hunter Walter Palmer, who has been trophy hunting for years. Cecil's carcass would have been shipped to this country legally, had it not been impounded as evidence of criminal activity in Zimbabwe.
Details of the story are here:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/31/world/zimbabwe-cecil-lion-dentist/index.html
We as a nation need to BAN the importation of carcasses and body parts, otherwise known as "trophies" into this country by American hunters.
If we don't work together to BAN these imports we as Americans are supporting the decimation of Endangered species as we speak!
