WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries released the following testimony by Madeline Demaske, litigation associate for Safari Club International, Windsor, Colorado, from an April 16, 2026, hearing on legislation to allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (H.R. 6251):

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