U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he's delaying a new policy allowing the body parts of African elephants shot for sport to be imported until he can review "all conservation facts." Fish and Wildlife Service said Thursday that it will allow the importation of body parts from African elephants shot for sport. The new policy applies to the remains of African elephants killed between January 2016 and December 2018. — Rep. Vern BuchananThe world's largest land mammal, the African elephant has been classified as threatened under the U.S. As a result, the number of African elephants has shrunk from about 5 million a century ago to about 400,000 remaining.

Source: CBC News November 18, 2017 02:48 UTC