Why does SCI lobby to remove animals from the “threatened” or “endangered” lists under the ESA?
SCI seems to believe that threatened and endangered species receive far too much protection and, in a twisted bit of logic, they believe they can conserve animals by killing them. In 1979, SCI sought permission to kill and import more than 1,000 endangered African animals for trophies. Their request was denied. SCI lobbied to ensure that the African elephant was listed as “threatened” instead of “endangered” so that the animal could be hunted.
