A giant sheep, a specimen considered endangered, yet killed anyway during a night hunt at the hands of Donald Trump Junior, eldest son of the American president thanks to a special permit issued retroactively by his father.
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himA giant sheep, a specimen considered endangered, yet still killed during a night hunt at the hands of Donald Trump Junior, eldest son of the American president thanks to a special permit issued retroactively by his father. This was revealed by the investigative site ProPublica according to which, last August the young Trump had been in Mongolia with a trip bought in 2015 to a fundraiser for the major American arms lobby, the National Rifle Association.
- argali they live in the rocky highlands of Central Asia in a remote region of Mongolia. The species is endangered and is characterized by gigantic curved horns. Still, that didn't stop Trump Junior from killing this rare animal in an adventure supported by US and Mongolian government resources, which sent security services to accompany the president's eldest son and grandson on the journey more. days.
But not only that, the killing of argali is controlled by a system of authorizations which is based on a subtle connection between money and politics. Mongolian trophies are highly coveted and the horns of these rams are regarded as a national treasure.
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Now it is not clear whether Trump junior took home the trophy, for whose import he would have needed a permission from the US authorities (but for him nothing easier), what is certain according to ProPublica is that he killed an argale, even if no photos have circulated on the net. On the contrary, in 2012, during a hunting trip in Zimbabwe, Donald junior and his brother Eric, had released images of their trophies.
Between the killing and the release of the permit the month after leaving the country, Trump is said to have met with the president, Khaltmaagiin Battulga, hinting that he may pay special attention to the US president's son.
"Trump Jr fired at the argali at night, using a rifle with a laser sight and ordered local guides not to dismember the horns on the spot, but to carry the carcass so as not to damage the fur and horns themselves," says Khuandyg. Akhbas, 50, one of the guides who also claims the boy killed a deer, asking for the same special permission.
To import animal trophies from the Endangered Species List, a US hunter must demonstrate that killing would be beneficial to the species in general. Which in this case does not exist, among other things it is unusual that the permits are issued after the stay of the hunter.
ProPubblica asked Trump Jr's spokesperson about the hunt for an explanation, but the response was that the trip was strictly personal.
"He purchased the seven-day hunting trip to Mongolia at a National Rifle Association charity auction before his father announced his presidential candidacy in 2015, the spokesman said, and flew out of the country."
The White House, the State Department, the Department of Defense and the US Embassy in Mongolia have not, therefore, answered questions about Trump Jr.'s trip. In the meantime, however, one thing is certain, while the permits are being granted in In a completely devious way, the population of Argali dropped from 50 in 1985 to just 18 in 2009.
Proponents claim that the trophy hunting can help conserve threatened species by managing population size. They say the permit fees go to support local communities. But conservation biologists and animal rights groups think differently by arguing that hunting programs are ineffective and can lead to the destruction of local ecosystems.
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