The Trump administration said it will allow the importation of body parts from African elephants shot for sport, contending that encouraging wealthy big-game hunters to kill them will help the vulnerable species. The Trump administration said it will allow the importation of body parts from African elephants shot for sport, contending that encouraging wealthy big-game hunters to kill them will help the vulnerable species. The new policy applies to the remains of African elephants killed between January 2016 and December 2018. As a result, the number of African elephants has shrunk from about five million a century ago to about 400,000 remaining. According to the United Nations, as many as 100,000 African elephants were killed between 2010 and 2012.

Source: Irish Independent November 16, 2017 16:41 UTC