But today’s proposal stops short of a total ban on trophy and live elephant imports. “This is a good step forward for elephants, as it restricts imports of elephant trophies,” said Tanya Sanerib, ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today adopted new restrictions on U.S. imports of African elephant hunting trophies and live elephants but stopped short of a total ban on imports.

The move has come in the wake of the finding that norms had been violated during the B.P. Angadi ‘nercha’ that witnessed an elephant losing control and killing a man a few weeks ago.