The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) on Friday announced a ban on the import of elephant trophies from Tanzania and Zimbabwe during the 2014 hunting season. The USFAWS has questioned whether there is sufficient monitoring of the big-game hunt and whether the number of elephant hunting permits is sustainable in the current poaching crisis.
The service also highlighted questionable management practices, a lack of effective law enforcement and weak governance. With the current elephant poaching crisis impacting on elephant populations across Africa the service has decided that no import permits will be issued for 2014.
In the press statement issued on Friday the USFWS stated:
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