By AFPMore by this AuthorWASHINGTONAnimal rights groups on Thursday strongly criticised President Donald Trump's administration for allowing the import of Zimbabwean elephant hunting trophies. On its website, the US Fish and Wildlife Service said it "will begin issuing permits to allow the import of sport-hunted trophies from elephants hunted in Zimbabwe" between January 21, 2016 and December 31, 2018. This will lead to more poaching," said The Elephant Project, a group based in Florida that aims to protect the animals, on Twitter. Updated information from Zimbabwe led US officials to find "that African elephant trophy hunting in Zimbabwe will enhance the survival of the species in the wild." A photo widely shared on the internet shows Donald Trump Jr posing with a knife in one hand and an elephant tail in the other, the animal's corpse beside him.

Source: Daily Nation November 17, 2017 03:11 UTC