A Michigan trophy hunter's permit to bring the skull, skin and horns from a critically endangered black rhinoceros he shot in Africa to the U.S. will likely be approved by the Trump administration, according to a report by The Associated Press
A Michigan trophy hunter's permit to bring the skull, skin and horns from a critically endangered black rhinoceros he shot in Africa to the U.S. will likely be approved by the Trump administration, according to a report by The Associated Press.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature says there are about 5,500 black rhinos left in the wild. "The Trump Administration has dealt another blow to wildlife protection by granting its third permit to import a critically endangered black rhino trophy," Sara Amundson, president of the Humane Society Legislative Fund, said in a statement.
"Many animals have been killed for the hard, hairlike growth, which is revered for medicinal uses in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. The horn is also valued in North Africa and the Middle East as an ornamental dagger handle," National Geographic wrote."The black rhino once roamed most of sub-Saharan Africa, but today is on the verge of extinction due to poaching fueled by commercial demand for its horn.
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