Tuskers aren’t trophies
No. 1,348, May 7, 2026 Elephant Trophy Imports Are Soaring Under Trump A new Center for Biological Diversity case study shows the Trump administration allowed the import of more than 300 elephant trophies last year, based on federal records we obtained via the U.S. Freedom of Information Act. The first Trump administration, for comparison, reported importing 114 elephant trophies in 2018, following the president’s 2017 tweet calling elephant trophy hunting “a horror show.” “Why is a president who once decried elephant-hunting rolling out the red carpet for the elitist practice of killing these beloved animals for decor?” said Tanya Sanerib, the Center’s international legal director. “With so many trophy hunters coming from the United States, our government should be helping to police the trophy trade, but instead Trump officials are rubberstamping imports of tusks and heads.” Help our work to defend elephants and other animals from th...