‘A vicious cycle towards extinction:’ Hunting and trade can push even abundant wildlife populations to the brink

Mongabay
Dec 15, 2017, 2:40 pm318 pts
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s announcement in November that it was lifting a ban on the import of elephant trophies from Zimbabwe and Zambia — an order President Donald Trump said in a tweet two days later that he had put on hold — was merely the latest flashpoint in a debate that has been raging…

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