House votes to allow import of trophies from polar bear hunts

 
By Chris Casteel
Published: June 28, 2007

WASHINGTON — The House voted Wednesday to continue allowing American hunters to import the heads and hides of polar bears killed in Canada .

By a vote of 188-242, House members rejected an amendment to prohibit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from granting any more permits for importing the polar bear parts.

All five Oklahoma members of the House voted against the ban; 68 Democrats joined 174 Republica...


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