A lion trophy from Tanzania was approved for import to the US, the first such case since lions began receiving protections in January 2016 under the Endangered Species Act, a conservation group says. Wildlife expert Jeff Corwin calls the decision “tragic”
Documents obtained by the Center for Biological Diversity via a Freedom of Information Act Request and shared with CNN on Thursday show the hunter, Carl Atkinson, was represented by lawyer John Jackson III, a member of the Interior Department's own International Wildlife Conservation Council, a controversial panel convened to advise on how trophy hunting helps conservation.
Read MoreThe Fish and Wildlife Service said in a statement that it is"making findings for trophy imports on an application-by-application basis.""Legal, well-regulated hunting as part of a sound management program can benefit the conservation of certain species by providing incentives to local communities to conserve the species and by putting much-needed revenue back into conservation," the statement read."In response to a D.C. Circuit Court opinion, the U.S.
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