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Trump delays policy on

importing elephant parts


POSTED 10:42 PM, NOVEMBER 17, 2017, BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

President Donald Trump says hes


delaying a new policy allowing the body
parts of African elephants shot for sport to
be imported until he can review all
conservation facts.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said


Thursday that it will allow the importation of body parts from African elephants
shot for sport. The agency said encouraging wealthy big-game hunters to kill the
threatened species would help raise money for conservation programs.

Animal rights advocates and environmental groups criticized the decision. On


Friday, the Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee urged
the administration to reverse the policy, calling it the wrong move at the wrong
time.

Trump tweeted that the policy had been under study for years. He says he will
review the issue with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.

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