The Trump administration announced Wednesday that the remains of elephants legally hunted in Zimbabwe and Zambia can now be imported to the United States as trophies, reversing a ban under former president Barack Obama.
African elephants are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, but the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined that large sums paid for permits to hunt the animals could actually help them “by putting much-needed revenue back into conservation,” according to an agency statement.
Under the Obama administration, elephant-hunting trophies were allowed in countries such as South Africa but not in Zimbabwe because Fish and Wildlife decided in 2015 that the nation had failed to prove that its management of elephants enhanced the population. Zimbabwe could not confirm its elephant population in a way that was acceptable to U.S. officials, and did not demonstrate an ability to implement laws to protect it.
The Service’s new statement did not specify what had changed in that country — where the African elephant population has declined 6 percent in recent years, according to the Great Elephant Census project — to allow hunting trophies. A spokeswoman said an explanation will be published in the Federal Register on Friday.
Yeah I really don't get it.
I guess there is just no part of my body that is so small and shame inducing which would require that I murder these magnificent animals in order to make up for it.
Let's all chip in to a gofundme account so our favorite Wasillians can go hunt in Africa!
ReplyDeleteBetter: be hunted!
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Delete"Between 1971 and 1983, Hansen abducted, raped and murdered at least 17, and possibly more than 30 women, in and around Anchorage, Alaska, hunting them down in the woods with a Ruger Mini-14 and other weapons. "
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We already donated to his legal fund which actually paid for more hunting crap.
DeleteTodd Palin's mentor @ 202. I recall Sarah "ooohhh no I don't fly with Todd".
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Trump Exposed As A Fake Billionaire As His Business Is Only Worth One Tenth Of What He Claimed
ReplyDelete...Trump claimed the Trump Organization was worth $9.5 billion, but according to new filings, his business is worth $600-$700 million.
The Independent reported, “While the Trump Organization claimed $9.5bn (£7.2bn) in sales last year, Mr Trump’s public filings suggest revenues of less than a tenth of that amount, between $600m (£450m) and $700m (£530m).”
The fact that Trump isn’t worth anything close to the amount of money that he claimed to be worth is important to the Russia scandal. If Trump really was a billionaire who didn’t Russian money to keep his business afloat, his denials of connections to Russia would be more believable, but the picture that’s emerging is of a fake billionaire who US banks wouldn’t loan money to because of his numerous bankruptcies, so he had to look to Russia for cash.
Trump has spent decades building a false narrative of wealth and success around himself. Republicans thought that they were electing a successful businessman, but Donald Trump is a fraud. His company isn’t worth anything close to what he claimed. His brand is being destroyed by his unpopular presidency, and if the current trajectory continues, there could be another bankruptcy in Trump’s future.
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The President is no billionaire. Trump is terrified that his finances will be exposed, because those finances are the roadmap of his relationship with Putin and Russia.
http://www.politicususa.com/2017/11/16/trump-exposed-fake-billionaire-business-worth-tenth-claimed.html
I suspected this all along once I heard of the cutoffs in the tax plan. I don't remember what it was for, inheritance tax or the new tiers or what. But it was an odd number and I remember thinking at the time, well, now we know what Trump is *really* worth.
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It will raise taxes on those making more than $75,000 if they own a home or live in a blue state with high state and local taxes or who itemize.
DeleteThey're fucking over teachers and grad students.
They're taking healthcare away from 13 million people, which may not raise their taxes but will raise their healthcare premiums. People are reporting that half, HALF of their annual income will have to go toward healthcare.
15-plus communities that are about to be rocked by Sinclair’s conservative local news takeover
ReplyDeleteConservative local TV news giant Sinclair Broadcast Group has been quietly injecting right-wing spin into local newscasts for years. The company thrives when it flies under the radar, serving local audiences who might not realize what they’re tuning in for -- so Media Matters is helping to highlight where communities can fight back.
Sinclair's most well-known tactic for slanting newscasts is its use of nationally produced “must-run” commentary segments. The segments, which all Sinclair-owned and operated news stations are required to air, include (frequently embarrassing) pro-Trump propaganda missives from former Trump aide Boris Epshteyn, rants about “politically correct” culture from former Sinclair exec Mark Hyman, and fearmongering “Terrorism Alert Desk” segments that seem to often focus on just about anything Muslims do.
Now Sinclair is ramping up its efforts with a proposed acquisition of Tribune Media stations. The purchase would allow Sinclair to expand its presence in mid-sized cities across the country (particularly in battleground states) and enter the media markets of the largest U.S. cities for the first time. Many of the top markets Sinclair will enter -- like New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, Chicago, IL, and Houston, TX -- are also top markets for black and Latinx viewers specifically. Sinclair is working to get final regulatory approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Department of Justice for its acquisition of Tribune Media. If the acquisition gets the agencies’ final stamp of approval, Sinclair-controlled newscasts will reach nearly three out of four U.S. households.
https://www.mediamatters.org/research/2017/11/16/15-plus-communities-are-about-be-rocked-sinclair-s-conservative-local-news-takeover/218573
And yet, the DOJ is demanding that ATT sell CNN.
DeleteAnd the Trump supporters will vote for Molester Moore, 'cause 'murica.
And Zimbabwe is even less likely to manage the population in light of the political climate there.
ReplyDeleteDisgusting “hobby”! IMO, Trophy hunters are on the lowest rung of humanity and deserve to be eaten by their prey.
ReplyDeleteLooks like little Donnie finally has the appendage that he always wanted.
ReplyDeleteDisgusting MF'r.
A real man
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The president making it possible for his kind to run rampant on this earth without fear of consequence. That's what the USA presidency amounts to now. A rich man's utopia.
ReplyDeleteIs that a dick sticking out of Donnie Jr's pants?
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry, that's the Great White Hunter's knife he used to butcher some poor animal.
This is more vile and not human than Roy Moore at the mall. How weak can anyone be? This is more like Sarah Palin's friend and his trophy hunting. Jerome Moorlock and his pals. He grew up with Palin's son.
ReplyDeleteAnd wouldn't you know, there may be more to the Al Franken reveal than a woman encouraged by other women, "METOO".
The Hill: Roger Stone appeared to know Franken allegation was coming
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I'm an avid hunter, have been my whole life, but when I see pictures of these guided African safari hunts I cringe. Pulling up to a herd of elephants 300 yards away inside of a preserve isn't hunting any more than baiting a deer to a corn pile all year is hunting.
ReplyDeletewell, you know there are plenty of videos to show kids what animals are like. that kid is a bigger psycho than his dad. may he be eaten by a lion.
ReplyDeleteI DON'T GET IT
ReplyDeleteThat son of a immigrant bitch flew all the way to Zimbabwe, most likely on a private jet, to kill a giant mammal only to hold in his left hand his prized severed elephant's tail. I doubt Junior is going to load that dead tailless elephant into the Trump family jet and fly the tailless dead elephant carcass all the way to his daddy's New York Trump Tower to be prepared for the Trump family Thanksgiving meal.
Nope. Probably brought the tail back. The tusks may have been harvested but the carcass was probably left their to rot. You know, to support sustainability and protect the elephant population or some such shit.
DeleteFishing is a great activity that can be done at any age. It’s not hard to learn how to fish, it just takes a little time and practice.
ReplyDeleteMany fishermen release what they catch.
DeletePretty hard to release an elephant you've already shot dead and cut the tail off of.
There is so much wrong with hunting for ivory, I can’t even begin.
ReplyDeleteGiraffes are looking at extinction as well. And for the same reason. They are being killed just for their tails.
ReplyDeleteAnd the Trump administration has included LIONS too, because we all know that killing an endangered species helps to build up the population and protects it so much better. I guess someone wants a new rug for their office.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they should wait until Mueller is done before redecorating. Unless it’s Eric. We all know Eric hasn’t done squat. I think Seth Meyers skit last night is pretty clear on Eric’s complicity in all this.
Buty are we surprised? Trump’s administration is stripping this country of all of the protections for wildlife, air, water and land that have been put in place from before the time of Teddy Roosevelt. Because we know what a Democratic pussy Teddy was. No. Wait. What?