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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUpdate: Zimbabwe says Trump sons' hunt legal
linkHARARE Zimbabwe's parks authority on Monday said US property magnate Donald Trump's sons were licensed to hunt game on a trip two years ago, after photos of their trophies sparked online outrage. Trump's sons Donald Junior and Eric made a hunting expedition in Zimbabwe in 2010. Their pictures went viral on social media this month, showing them posing next to carcasses of a leopard, an elephant, a crocodile and an array of other animals. The images drew condemnation on Facebook and Twitter, where their hunting trip was slammed as unethical. Donald Trump Jr has insisted on Twitter that he did nothing wrong.
"They were accompanied by a professional hunter, and we have done a background check on him and his licence is still valid," Caroline Washaya-Moyo, spokeswoman for the parks authority said in a statement. "Also with the Trump brothers was a ranger from the parks department who was monitoring the hunt. The animals they hunted are available for hunting in Zimbabwe."
Although leopards are endangered, she said they can be hunted under strict conditions set by the Convention for the Trade in Endangered Species. Zimbabwe's parks have a quota of 500 leopards that can be hunted each year, she added. The statement came after Johnny Rodriguez, chairman of the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force, said his organisation was investigating whether the Trump brothers' hunt was legal.
The trip was organised by Pretoria-based Hunting Legends International, which specialises in big game hunts for the wealthy. The company has also insisted that the big game hunt near Victoria Falls was done by the book.
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Update: Zimbabwe says Trump sons' hunt legal (Original Post)
Johnny Rico
Mar 2012
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warrior1
(12,325 posts)1. I wonder
how much that cost trump.
FSogol
(45,488 posts)2. Translation: The wire transfer was a success.
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)3. In Mugabe's Zimbabwe, enough money paid gets you anything you want.
If you paid him enough, you could hunt political enemies of the state, hell, Mugabe has his goons do it for free.
Heard an NPR piece a while back about game reserves. The guest pointed out that Zimbabwe is pretty much the poster child for how not to conserve wildlife.
belcffub
(595 posts)4. these hunts are legal...
I know people here don't like it... I have relatives that have gone on leopard hunts... not my cup of tea but it is legal...
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)6. Lots of things are legal that should be left undone. But, I know what you are saying.