The FWS Should Grant Elephant Permits from Namibia and Zimbabwe—The Future of the Species Depends on It
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has an easy decision to make. The FWS must decide whether to issue eight permits to import elephant hunting trophies from Zimbabwe and Namibia. Those countries together conserve increasing populations of over 100,000 elephants. Both countries have internationally-recognized community conservation programs that depend largely on elephant hunting to generate conservation benefits
