US trophy-hunters import thousands of bones and skin parts from imperilled giraffes each year

US trophy-hunters import thousands of bones and skin parts from imperilled giraffes each yearThe US is allowing the import of tens of thousands of parts each year from endangered giraffes killed for their skin and bones. A populations plummet in Africa, investigators discovered that 40,000 pieces of skin and bone from the creatures were imported into America. The Humane Society of the United States said that the body parts were turned into pillows, knife handles, bible covers, gun-case covers, boots and other trinkets.




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