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US strengthens restrictions on importing live African elephants, hunting trophies

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African elephant populations have decreased by at least 60% over 50 years.

STOCK PHOTO/Getty ImagesOver the last 50 years, African elephant populations have decreased by at least 60% due to compounding threats, including poaching and habitat loss, according to"Everybody loves African elephants," Gillian Lyons, the Humane Society Legislative Fund's regulatory affairs director, told ABC News. "With their populations being so at risk, we knew that steps needed to be taken to improve the import process into the United States.

"We do believe that given the extreme threat to African elephants, in the future, the U.S. should take additional steps to do a complete ban both on the import of live elephants and on hunting trophies," Lyons said. A provision in the ruling, which will be enacted by 2026, would require exporting countries to have conservation laws to protect declining African elephant populations.

 

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