Conservation Force to Appeal Elephant Import Permit Denials For All Hunters

The USFWS has denied several applications for import permits for elephant trophies hunted in Zimbabwe in 2015 following the suspension of elephant imports from that country. These applications were submitted under the new permitting regulations introduced in July 2016, which requires USFWS import permits for all elephant trophies under the Endangered Species Act. The FWS first suspended elephant imports from Zimbabwe in 2014 after issuing a finding that it could not determine that sport hunting of elephant there enhanced the survival of wild elephants. The permits in question were... READ MORE