{"id":1105,"date":"2018-02-02T11:21:43","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T11:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meps4wildlife.eu\/?p=1105"},"modified":"2018-02-02T11:21:43","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T11:21:43","slug":"meps-wildlife-thank-us-president-not-reversing-elephant-trophy-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meps4wildlife.eu\/meps-wildlife-thank-us-president-not-reversing-elephant-trophy-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"MEPs for Wildlife thank the US President for not reversing the elephant trophy ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The MEPs for Wildlife group have written to the US Ambassador to the EU, to thank Donald Trump for not reversing the ban on elephant trophies into the US.<\/p>\n<p>The letter highlights the fact that trophy hunting cannot be used as conservation method because some of the hunted species are becoming more endangered and raises it concerns that while elephant numbers are still declining Donald Trump has cut US funding to both African and Asian elephants programmes<\/p>\n<p>See the full letter below:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1106\" src=\"https:\/\/meps4wildlife.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ambassador-Shub-letter-623x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"623\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meps4wildlife.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ambassador-Shub-letter-623x1024.jpg 623w, https:\/\/meps4wildlife.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ambassador-Shub-letter-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/meps4wildlife.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ambassador-Shub-letter-243x400.jpg 243w, https:\/\/meps4wildlife.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ambassador-Shub-letter-768x1262.jpg 768w, https:\/\/meps4wildlife.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ambassador-Shub-letter-1080x1775.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/meps4wildlife.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ambassador-Shub-letter.jpg 1648w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MEPs for Wildlife group have written to the US Ambassador to the EU, to thank Donald Trump for not reversing the ban on elephant trophies into the US. 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