(I'm not sure if this is the correct place for this posting but it could effect a lot of african hunters


Notice to Hunters with oversees shipments coming to the US:

I received an alert today from my good freind Maria at Hunter International Brokerage that may be of interest to anyone having trophie shipped into the US via air throught JFK. It came as an adobe reader file and I do not know how to convert it into text but it essentiall says that;
The UDSA will require "unprocessed trophies" from overseas routed via JFK be terminated in JFK and clear through customs, USDA and Fish & Wildlife at that port.

In essence, even if client is paying air freight all the way to SFO, or any other port his trophies will have to be dispatched or shipped from JFK to the designated approved facility at his own additional expense. (After clearing customs)

Clearance fees and physical examination fees in JFK are very expensive. Typical charge for a USDA inspection requiring a broker to be present is anywhere from $100 to $250 and same price on a Fish & Wildlife exam plus customs bond.

If you would like more info or a copy of the actual USDA memo contact; Maria Europa-Felix
C/o Hunter International Brokerage Services, Inc.
4725 First Street, Suite 275
Pleasanton, CA 94566
Tel (925) 417-5270 Fax (925)417-0170
E-mail "meuropa@sbcglobal.net" or mlfelix@sbcglobal.net"
Website: www.hunter-international.net

Or P/M me and I will send a copy but do not have the Broker background to answer questions that Maria does.

Best Regards

Mike O

Haven't you heard? Our Gov't agencies found out how business is done in RSA and Zimbabwe etc. They found a way to increase their "drink fund" without concerns of bribery charges being levied. I think the bathroom graffiti at their HQ reads something like this:
Rich man, rich man, dare he go...
'cross de Ocean wif hiz dough.
Shoot big critters wif he's gun,
"Damn!" he hollers "dis is fun!"
Now he wanna send stuff home,
Slow by boat, faster flown.
But furst, stuff gotta come by here,
so we can open, poke and sneer.
Fo dis pleasure, he mus pay,
Fiddy dollar every day!....and we's can keeps it plenny 'O days!!!
Yo frenz: Games and Fishes Departments

Vachel Lindsey is spinning in his grave.

I assume this will not apply to trophies where the mounting was completed in Africa?