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Omaha Steve

(99,071 posts)
Sat May 2, 2015, 11:59 PM May 2015

Airline Takes On Big Game Hunters to Protect Rhinos, Lions, and Elephants


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Africa’s 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.

That’s because South African Airways, the continent’s 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.

FULL story at link.


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Airline Takes On Big Game Hunters to Protect Rhinos, Lions, and Elephants (Original Post) Omaha Steve May 2015 OP
Excellent! Bravo for SAA! Initech May 2015 #1
This is good news. dmr May 2015 #2
Good for the ohheckyeah May 2015 #3
that will help. compare that with the behavior of all certainot May 2015 #4
I expect EVERY airline to follow BrotherIvan May 2015 #5

dmr

(28,321 posts)
2. This is good news.
Sun May 3, 2015, 01:39 AM
May 2015

I just can't understand how anyone could find pleasure killing such a beautiful animal.

Good for the airline in taking a productive measure.

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
4. that will help. compare that with the behavior of all
Sun May 3, 2015, 02:45 AM
May 2015

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
Sun May 3, 2015, 02:47 AM
May 2015

This is BIG news. I also expect every television and newspaper to stop glorifying thrill killers. It's disgusting and depraved.

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