Trump's Trophy Hunting Council Disbanded After Legal Defeat

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Trump's Trophy Hunting Council Disbanded After Legal Defeat
Jordan Davidson
Feb. 11, 2020 02:10PM EST


The Department of the Interior (DOI) has disbanded a controversial council that promoted big game hunting after a judge ruled that environmental groups could challenge the legitimacy of the council in court, as The Associated Press reported.

The DOI told a federal judge on Friday that the International Wildlife Conservation Council (IWCC) had ended its charter in October and would not be renewed. The IWCC was created to boost trophy hunting and to relax federal regulations around importing heads and hides of exotic animals like African elephants, rhinos, lions, and other threatened wildlife, according to The Associated Press.

"The Council will not meet or conduct any business again, it can no longer be renewed, and there [is] no plan to establish another committee with a similar mission or scope in the future," the DOI explained in a court filing Friday, according to NPR.

The lawyers for the DOI argued that since the council had been disbanded, the judge should dismiss a lawsuit from environmental groups looking into the "formation, composition, ethics provision, or meetings" by the IWCC, as NPR reported.

"The IWCC's disbandment is a huge victory in the fight against the Trump administration's illegal advisory bodies," said Democracy Forward senior counsel Travis Annatoyn, in a statement. "But the fight isn't over."

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[G_j]

1. International Wildlife Conservation Council ?

of course they would call it that.

[spanone]

3. They should be banned from using the words Wildlife and Conservation at all.

That's a very republican/right wing tactic.

[happybird]

2. It's so nice to hear some good news!

Thanks for posting, it brightened my day!

[in2herbs]

4. How is this going to affect the elephant hunt being scheduled in Boswania(??) but that caters to

Americans??