Shake shrink blamed on public
president Wayne Pacelle said: “This all suggests that rather than being protectors of wildlife, the federal government is now a promoter of trophy hunting.”
Amid fury over the slaughter of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe in 2015 by US dentist Walter Palmer, importing big cats as trophies immediately became “generally prohibited” in America. There was a row over whether Cecil, one of Africa’s most famous big cats, was killed legally. Six months later the US Fish and Wildlife Story in yesterday’s Mirror Service listed the animals as endangered and a total ban on lion trophies was introduced.
The FWS said it has been reversed in light of information from Zimbabwe and Zambia. It added: “Legal, well-regulated sports hunting... can benefit conservation of certain species.” DONALD Trump has ended the ban on importing lion heads into the US to allow bloodthirsty Americans to mount their kills at home.
Wildlife organisations condemned the move, arguing only encourage poaching.
Yesterday the Irish Mirror reported President Trump has lifted a ban on importing dead elephants, despite the animals still being endangered. The end of the lion ban covers those “harvested” from Zimbabwe and Zambia. Some trophies will also be allowed from South Africa.
The Humane Society of the United States said trophies from Zimbabwe should remain barred as the nation is “corrupt” and cannot be trusted to protect big game animals. Society have it will MULLER has shrunk its Frijj milkshakes but not cut the price – and blamed consumers for complaining they were too large.
The dairy giant changed the 471ml bottles after shoppers were “finding the portion too big”, it said. A spokesman also told The Grocer magazine: “We launched the 400ml bottle to directly address this.”
The firm said its new products, which hit shelves this week, were also downsized because of the rising cost of ingredients. In March, Muller cut sugar in the flavoured shakes, making them dearer to produce. It said: “Reducing the sugar per portion will make Frijj more appealing.”
“Shrinkflation” – where products shrink in size while their cost remains the same or increases – has hit more than 2,500 items in five years, including Toblerone and Maltesers, an ONS survey found.