Exclusive: U.S. charity loophole enabled trading of 1,300 endangered animals

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.

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