Delta issued the following statement today:

Effective immediately, Delta will officially ban shipment of all lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros and buffalo trophies worldwide as freight. Prior to this ban, Delta's strict acceptance policy called for absolute compliance with all government regulations regarding protected species. Delta will also review acceptance policies of other hunting trophies with appropriate government agencies and other organizations supporting legal shipments

http://news.delta.com/delta-ba...ino-buffalo-trophies

Wow, that's not good news. With that, other airlines will no doubt follow suit. I think it may be time for a thread to be started with all the details of the ocean freight option.

As a Delta Diamond flyer I will certainly call and tell them I don't care for the policy but I doubt it does any good. Fallout from the "Cecil" incident and who else are you going to fly with as the rest are going to do the same. What worries me more is when they stop transporting rifles both internationally and domestically. Glad I'm not in the taxidermy or hunting business right now.

Regards,

Don

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Glad I'm not in the taxidermy or hunting business right now.

Regards,

Don

Me too!

hard to believe that 1 man could fuck things up to this extent....

He was merely the trigger that sprung the trap. Nothing more.

The world pendulum is swinging left as hard as it can now. Hopefully it rights itself eventually.

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Originally posted by Big Wonderful Wyoming:
The world pendulum is swinging left as hard as it can now. Hopefully it rights itself eventually.

This is the new normal, and these will be "the good 'ol days".

That's scary.

This just popped up:

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/...LbL?ocid=mailsignout

"Journalism" at its finest. Loved the "gory trophies" part. Idiot. I had to write the author, Corky, a little personal email.

Delta is not alone, United, and American have all banned shipping of the "Big 5".

Seriously? Cape Buffalo?

Just have to figure out how to get my elephant back here in the fall.

Our two major Canadian airlines, Air Canada and West Jet just joined the sheep as well...at least I think. Air Canada said they wouldn't carry water buffalo but suspect they meant cape buffalo. It just shows how out of touch they really are. http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2...phies_n_7934250.html

I have a Buff,Croc,and 2 eles crated and ready to ship when we got the news..now will have to figure out something..if I can just get them to Atl. or Jax...might be slow,but has anyone shipped via sea??

I wonder if Delta, American and United are going to stop serving beheaded and skinned chickens and steers on their flights as well (Actually given the state of their food they could be doing the world a favor).