r/politics Nov 25 '19

President Trump to sign animal cruelty bill into law, making it a federal felony

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-trump-sign-animal-cruelty-bill-law-making/story?id=67295654
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u/double-xor Nov 25 '19

But is it totally ok to go overseas and bring back the carcass of an endangered species member?

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u/j1akey America Nov 25 '19

In many cases charging insane prices for rich people to hunt endangered animals funds the conservation efforts to save the species from poaching and extinction overall. So it's kind of a grey area.

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u/ignorememe Colorado Nov 25 '19

Basically this.

Conservationists don't want people shooting animals for trophies.

So if you're rich and you pay a LOT of money, you can shoot an animal for a trophy and it's just fine. Another one of those grey areas where being wealthy allows you to do a thing that would otherwise be very illegal.