Donald Trump Jr.Photo: Lou Rocco/ABC
Donald Trump Jr.has been awarded a non-resident permit to hunt grizzly bears in northwestern Alaska.
Typically, there are “thousands of applications,” this time around, there were not, Eddie Grasser, the wildlife conservation director for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, told Reuters.
23 of the spots went unclaimed, according to Grasser, who added that Don Jr. will have to pay a non-resident tag fee of $1,000 and buy a $160 non-resident license.
Don Jr., who has longdefended his love of hunting, was also at the center of a recent safari auction.
Earlier this month, theSafari Club Internationalheld an online auction for a seven-day “dream hunt” in Alaska with Don Jr.
“This year we will be featuring Donald Trump Jr., a man who needs no introduction, and who’s passion for the outdoors makes him the number one ambassador for our way of life,” read the description for the trip, which ended up going for $150,000.
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“Anyone who thinks hunters are just ‘bloodthirsty morons’ hasn’t looked into hunting,” Don Jr. toldForbesin 2012. “If you wait through long, cold hours in the November woods with a bow in your hands hoping a buck will show or if you spend days walking in the African bush trailing Cape buffalo while listening to lions roar, you’re sure to learn hunting isn’t about killing.”
In 2018, the Trump administrationlifted a ban on importing elephant trophies, although the president had previously called elephant hunting a “horror show.”
His administration has alsoproposed rolling back a banof baiting Alaskan grizzly bears on federal land.
source: people.com
