Are brown hyenas protected in South Africa?

When I was there in '05 I was told they were. Don't know if that is throughout the whole country or just in Limpopo where I hunted.
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The bigger picture is that they are NOT EXPORTABLE to the United States, in any way, shape or form, or under any circumstances. They are also protected in Zimbabwe as well.

If i remember correct you can get special permits in both Namibia and SA to take one, not importable to US but to the rest of the world (almost).

You can in fact get permits to hunt them. Unfortuneatly you cant import them to the US. USFW bows to political pressure and chooses to ignore cites when it suits them. Same thing with cheetah. As long as it is under cites guidelines and things are up and up they shouldnt be allowed to do this. You either adhere to the convention or you dont.

By the way, if any of you are seriously thinking of hunting brown hyena, please read the story of Dennis Steinbrech, an Iowa hunter, who in 1998, chose to try and sneak a brown hyena skull into the U.S. His loose lips turned out to be his downfall, and he was later convicted, fined, sentenced to a prison term, lost his worldwide hunting privileges for a time being, and of course, lost his trophy skull. You can read all about it at: nationalzoo.si.edu/Publications. Or type in his name with the words: brown hyena. In any event, read the entire story. Not worth it, in my estimation, even though they are, to me, the most "devilish" looking of all of the hyena species.

Certainly worth it to hunt them. It is just as a resident of the US they cant be brought home. Almost every other country that accepts CITES allows their importaton. They are still a challenging animal and extremely cool lookin