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Jack Fields: “I personally do not think it is going to work, and I think in countries like Zimbabwe and Tanzania, it, first of all, is…”

On the recordJune 23, 2014
I personally do not think it is going to work, and I think in countries like Zimbabwe and Tanzania, it, first of all, is a slap in the face of these countries that they were not consulted.
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Jack Fields
Texas

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Fields criticizes a proposal related to poaching and its impact on local communities.

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