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Trump lifts ban on importing heads of hunted elephants

The Trump administration will allow legally hunted elephant trophies from Zimbabwe and Zambia to be imported to the United States. The decision reverses a ban put in place by the Obama administration in 2014. According to ABC News, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife official confirmed the proposed rule change. a spokesperson said. Savanna elephant populations declined by 30 percent between 2007 and 2014, according to the Great Elephant Census published last year.

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