US to allow imports of elephant trophies from Zimbabwe, Zambia

[longtimelurker]

Does anybody know anything about this topic?

The hunting is controlled, so they won’t be hunted to extinction. It also costs a lot to hunt these animals, and that money goes towards protection efforts.

The hunting is not "controlled".  This is Zimbabwe, for goodness sakes.  Pay the money to whatever national or local corrupt politician and you can kill a lion, elephant, rhino, whatever.  And the money doesn't go into "conservation", it goes into the corrupt politician's foreign bank account.