Animal rights groups have slammed the decision. The White House says it has not yet finalised allowing trophy hunters in Zimbabwe and Zambia to bring the endangered animals home as trophies.
In the five years leading up to 2014, 60 percent of Tanzania's elephants were slaughtered for their tusks.
African leaders and conservationists to discuss how to save continent's elephants and rhinos at a summit.
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