The Trump administration has reversed a ban on importing trophies from elephants killed in Zimbabwe and Zambia, to international outcry from wildlife organisations across the world. The move reverses the ban put in place by the Obama administration in 2014 and is a heavy blow to the international campaign to ban the ivory trade, whose backers include Prince Harry and Prince William. This is a setback in the fight to ban all illegal wildlife trade." "China continues to show strong leadership and will close all ivory trade within her borders by the end of the year. Conservation group The Elephant Project Tweeted its condemnation of the lifting of the ban saying: "Reprehensible behaviour by the Trump Admin.

Source: The Star November 16, 2017 15:56 UTC