host: joan shatner direct stake -- directs the gw animal law program. essor shatner also directs the animal welfare project and is a faculty adviser to the saldf. back to the phones. louise. caller: when george bush was president, he overturned 30 years of the endangered species act. he even allowed trophies of endangered animals to be imported from other countries. president obama reverse some of the danger that was done, but wild animals like lions and tigers -- i have read that they are bred in captivity in privately owned lands mostly in the midwest, and this is the wealthy hundreds to be able to come in and kill these animals easily. do you know anything about this? guest: yes, unfortunately, i think that is true. there are people breeding these exotic animals, and part of it is because you hear about the special hunting reserves where they place the animals in an enclosed area and then give people the right -- the opportunity to shoot at them and kill them for their trophies. personally, i am appalled by that activity, and i personally believe that