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Rhiannon12866

(259,507 posts) Sun May 31, 2026, 02:05 AM 10 hrs ago

Trump Move Sparks HIDDEN CRISIS Nobody is Talking About - Meidas Touch

The Trump regime has rolled back almost every environmental protection law in the book, and if it hasn't already it's trying to. Now, the glorious African Elephants are losing the slim margin of protections they had under previous administrations as under Trump 2.O the number of elephant trophy imports is soaring.

According to a new study commissioned by the Center for Biological Diversity, a non profit conservation organization, elephant trophy permits have exploded under Trump's second term. Reporter Suri Crowe sits down with the international legal director for the Center for Biological Diversity to talk about this alarming trend and what we can do to stop it. - 05/31/2026.

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Trump Move Sparks HIDDEN CRISIS Nobody is Talking About - Meidas Touch (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 10 hrs ago OP

300 elephant trophy imports sounds like a lot rampartd 10 hrs ago #1

Well said. I truly don't get it, either. Rhiannon12866 9 hrs ago #2

rampartd

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1. 300 elephant trophy imports sounds like a lot

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Sun May 31, 2026, 02:37 AM

10 hrs ago

thinking about it is grotesque.

what kind of elmer fudd has a man cave that needs a full mounted bull elephant head on the wall? does the trunk hang to the floor or do they wire it up?

i guess they consider the tusk to be a trophy? ivory is useful in jewelry and musical instruments, but easily replaced by material that we can make without slaughtering some elephant's mother.

what kind of permit would i need to move a frozen siberian mammoth into my dna laboratory. if i build that megafauna petting zoo "they will come."

Rhiannon12866

(259,507 posts)

2. Well said. I truly don't get it, either.

Reply to rampartd (Reply #1)

Sun May 31, 2026, 02:41 AM

9 hrs ago

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