USFWS is adopting a rule effective June 26, 2014 which defines "sport hunting trophies" that might make it easier to import some trophies. If you would like to read the text of the rule (too long to copy here) you can search the following:

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 101 (Tuesday, May 27, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]

Karl

Here is a write up on the rule that might help to better understand it: http://firstforwildlife.wordpr...n-of-hunting-trophy/

LOOOng read but also give basis for ruling.

https://www.federalregister.go...ndangered-species-of

Revision of Regulations Implementing the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES); Updates Following the Fifteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES

Action

Final Rule.
Summary

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS or Service), are revising the regulations that implement the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES or Treaty or Convention) by incorporating certain provisions adopted at the fourteenth and fifteenth meetings of the Conference of the Parties (CoP14 and CoP15) to CITES and clarifying and updating certain other provisions. These changes will bring U.S. regulations in line with new resolutions and revisions to resolutions adopted at meetings of the Conference of the Parties that took place in June 2007 (CoP14) and March 2010 (CoP15). The revised regulations will help us more effectively promote species conservation, help us continue to fulfill our responsibilities under the Treaty, and help those affected by CITES to understand how to conduct lawful international trade.
Unified Agenda
Implementing the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES); Results of 14th and 15th Meetings of the Conference of the Parties (CoPs)