{"id":10755,"date":"2020-08-30T09:10:30","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T17:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/?p=10755"},"modified":"2020-09-06T09:15:04","modified_gmt":"2020-09-06T17:15:04","slug":"its-time-to-hunt-the-hunters-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/2020\/08\/30\/its-time-to-hunt-the-hunters-los-angeles\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Time to Hunt the Hunters (Los Angeles)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Los Angeles Times<\/p>\n

LOS ANGELES\u00a0\u2014 A Los Angeles hunter who paid tens of thousands of dollars to shoot and kill an elephant in South Africa is now under scrutiny by PETA. At the same time, the animal-rights group is pushing for California lawmakers to pass a bill that would restrict trophy hunting imports.<\/p>\n

Crane operator, Aaron Raby, who lives in Los Angeles County, loves to hunt. He has killed hundreds of animals throughout North America.\u00a0Raby has traveled the world to kill animals. In mid-December, Raby flew to Africa to kill the fifth of the \u201cbig five\u201d species in Africa that was an elephant.<\/p>\n

Before that, he had killed a lion, a leopard, a cape buffalo, and an elephant.\u00a0His trip to hunt and kill the elephant didn\u2019t come cheap. \u201cMy understanding is this hunt for the elephant cost $30,000,\u201d said\u00a0LA Times<\/i>\u00a0investigative reporter Susanne Rust.<\/p>\n

Part of the experience of hunting is the desire to bring home a trophy to show off what you have killed to friends and family. And, apparently just to view it and remember the good times from the hunt.<\/p>\n

\u201cI talked to several hunters and they talk about living in the wild and living with local communities. This is all part of an experience. A trophy is a big part of it,\u201d said Rust.\u00a0Right now, the California Senate is trying to prevent trophy hunting from Africa. They are trying to prevent the import of elephant heads, tusks, feet, or tail from coming into the United States. In Raby\u2019s case, he flew to Africa, he wanted to get the head of the elephant stuffed, and it has been taxidermied in Africa as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf this bill gets passed, it\u2019s already passed the first level of the assembly, it\u2019s going to go to the floor, and then potentially get signed by the governor. He won\u2019t get his head and none of the hunters who go abroad to Africa to bring back trophies, will get their trophies,\u201d added Rust.<\/p>\n

A lot of people would be surprised to know that bringing in trophies of these endangered animals is still allowed.\u00a0Overall, the United States will allow you to bring in animal parts from Africa.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere have been partial bans in some areas, temporary prevention from bringing in these imports where these animals are more endangered than others, but as a whole, elephants are seen as a vulnerable and threatened species,\u201d said Rust.<\/p>\n

There is a conservation when it comes to trophy hunting.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year in the scientific magazine,\u00a0Journal Science<\/i>, there was a letter written that said trophy hunting is actually a really great benefit to many countries in Africa because it does bring a lot of money into communities. It provides jobs. It\u2019s given the money that is needed for conservation habitat and wildlife management, that wouldn\u2019t be there if these hunters weren\u2019t coming in,\u201d said Rust.<\/p>\n

However, once the letter was published, there were about 17 letters that said there was no evidence to show that that was actually the case.<\/p>\n

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Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES\u00a0\u2014 A Los Angeles hunter who paid tens of thousands of dollars to shoot and kill an elephant in South Africa is now under scrutiny by PETA. At the same time, the animal-rights group is pushing for California lawmakers to pass a bill that would restrict trophy hunting imports. Crane operator, … <\/p>\n

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