Exclusive: U.S. charity loophole enabled trading of 1,300 endangered animals
June 27, 2016 at 11:25 AM EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Last year, after a Minnesota dentist sparked an uproar by killing a popular lion named Cecil while on safari in Zimbabwe, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service placed similar African lions on the endangered species list, making it illegal to import them as trophies to the United States.