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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAirline Takes On Big Game Hunters to Protect Rhinos, Lions, and Elephants
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Africas largest airline bans the shipment of endangered animal trophies on its flights.
An elephant head with ivory tusks and other hunting trophies in a taxidermy store in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. (Photo: Robert Caputo/Getty Images)
APR 30, 2015Taylor Hill is TakePart's associate environment and wildlife editor.
http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/04/30/south-africa-airline-bans-hunting-trophies
It just got harder for big game hunters to bring endangered animal trophies back home from South Africa to hang on their wall.
Thats because South African Airways, the continents largest airline, has banned the transport of endangered rhinos, elephants, and lions aboard its passenger and cargo flights.
SAA will no longer support game hunters by carrying their trophies back to their country of origin, SAA country manager Tim Clyde-Smith told the South African media on Wednesday. The vast majority of tourists visit Africa in particular to witness the wonderful wildlife that remains. We consider it our duty to work to ensure this is preserved for future generations and that we deter activity that puts this wonderful resource in danger.
The news broke April 25, when the Professional Hunters Association of South Africa posted internal documents from SAA revealing its embargo plans. The airline then issued a statement announcing that the embargo had gone into effect April 21 on all of its flights. No exceptions will be made, even if the hunter holds a valid permit issued by the relevant authorities to transport the animal, the airline said.
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Airline Takes On Big Game Hunters to Protect Rhinos, Lions, and Elephants (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
May 2015
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Initech
(99,914 posts)1. Excellent! Bravo for SAA!
dmr
(28,321 posts)2. This is good news.
I just can't understand how anyone could find pleasure killing such a beautiful animal.
Good for the airline in taking a productive measure.
ohheckyeah
(9,314 posts)3. Good for the
airline. Trophy hunting makes me sick.
certainot
(9,090 posts)4. that will help. compare that with the behavior of all
those universities (90+) that keep rw radio going by [link:http://www.republicanradio.org|renting their sports logos to 270 limbaugh stations to help with community PR and sell ads.
that's a no-brainer eg of a choice that a public institution could make to make. need to make.
BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)5. I expect EVERY airline to follow
This is BIG news. I also expect every television and newspaper to stop glorifying thrill killers. It's disgusting and depraved.