How about baby parts?
African economies hardest hit.
Every Republican senator should mount a stuffed lion on the front of their podium, with the words “You wont save our babies, we ain’t saving your critters!” “FOAD”!
Will they run an onslaught of Sally Struthers commercials to make up for the economic toll they are putting on these countries?
Why am I not surprised Dick Blumenthal of CT is involved?
What a dumb proposal. I love big cats, but there is no sound public policy reason for banning the import of a legally-taken big game animal trophy (or any other animal trophy, for that matter).
You can’t hide
your lion eyes...
Trophy unting in Africa is what gun running and drugs are to Mexico.
BUT EVERY ONE VOTED AGAINST THE SLAUGHTER OF BABIES AND THIER BODY PART SALES.
“Democrat senators have introduced the Conserving Ecosystems by Ceasing the Importation of Large (CECIL) Animal Trophies Act.”
Perhaps they’ll go on a junket to Alaska and get eaten by brown bears. One can only hope!
Seriously, it’s time for the NRA, SCI and other pro-hunting organizations to push back in a big way. Hunting is one of the top eco-preservation activities in Africa.
Shipping and mounting trophies is getting prohibitively expensive for a lot of folks (speaking mainly of Africa) but it should still be available for those who can afford it.
I’d love a trophy room with cape buffalo, kudu, eland, sable, zebra and so on arrayed on the wall. Whether or not I achieve that, I sure support others who do!
This is Menendez grandstanding for his hooker trouble.
Wish these Senators and Congress assholes would all stop thinking their primary job is to continue to restrict freedoms.
Forbid the sale of trophy animals and their parts, and extend the definition of trophy animals to include pre-born humans.
The Satinists do indeed view killing the pre-born as a ritualistic trophy kill.
Attach the defunding of Planned Parenthood to this bill.
Compare with the level of support for Kate’s Law
Might want to add British late night talk show hosts and comedians to that list.
Maybe if we name a killed and harvested baby “Cecil”, people will freaking wake up to the evil that we are faced with.
As usual, their action will backfire, and hurt the animals and conservation efforts they claim to want to support.
Where do these asshats think the funds to support conservation efforts come from? Certainly NOT from the countries themselves! Just like how the anti-hunting fanatics here in the states don’t realize that eliminating hunting results in over-population, and that it’s the hunting licenses that fund conservation.
Farmers see many of the animals as competition for scarce resources, and need a financial reason to support “conservation,” and it needs to pay more than the damage the animals cause the farmers and villagers in Africa.
Mark
So no trophy heads from Africa but bring on the dog and cat skins from a far more cruel industry in China.