This may be a dumb question, but I recently got back from Zim for elephant, On the permit it wants the port of importation..I live is Texas so I assume its Houston..Any special things on the application I need to br aware of. Thanks

a Zim elephant ? In Sweden you only need the exportpermit from Zim to import it

You don't need one for an elephant from Zim. The only elephant that require US CITES import permits (out of the countries that are allowed to export ivory to the US) are for elephants taken in Tanzania. All permits will be taken care of on the other side of the pond.

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Originally posted by Greg Brownlee:
You don't need one for an elephant from Zim. The only elephant that require US CITES import permits (out of the countries that are allowed importation to the US) are for elephants taken in Tanzania. All permits will be taken care of on the other side of the pond.

I thought you needed one for Zambia?

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Originally posted by Frostbit:

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Originally posted by Greg Brownlee:
You don't need one for an elephant from Zim. The only elephant that require US CITES import permits (out of the countries that are allowed importation to the US) are for elephants taken in Tanzania. All permits will be taken care of on the other side of the pond.

I thought you needed one for Zambia?

You're correct, I forgot they allowed importation last year.

Thanks!! This is a great site.

Eyeman

I had the same confusion this spring when I was getting ready for a Zim elephant hunt. Last SCI show I spoke to USFW about it to get a definitive answer. As I recall, 2 usfw guys said I needed to apply for an import permit, one of the 2 said I needed to apply before the hunt, the other said I could apply after. The third guy said I didn't need one for a Zim bull.

Funny old world ain't it.