ALERT!!!! Important Notice for All Who Imported And Exported Trophies Into or From the U.S.

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USFWL's response to FOIA request by AntiHunting Organization--Too much work for USFWL to reply to the request themselves so they are putting the burden on us through an OPT OUT requirement. LOOK FOR the posting by USFW on the Federal Register for the link to follow instructions to OPT OUT. Here we go again.....



https://www.safariclub.org/what-we-...ed-and-exported-trophies-into-or-from-the-u.s


Important Notice for All Who Imported And Exported Trophies Into or From the U.S.
If you imported or exported a hunting trophy into the U.S. in 2013 and 2014, and possibly earlier, you will soon be given an opportunity to tell the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service whether you want the FWS to disclose your identity to an international anti-hunting organization.

On August 19, 2016, a D.C. federal court granted SCI the right to intervene in a lawsuit filed by Humane Society International. HSI filed suit against the FWS to challenge the FWS’s decision to withhold information about the identities of individuals who imported and exported animals into and from the U.S. in 2013 and 2014 and possibly earlier. Some of those individuals are SCI members and other international hunters who imported or exported legally hunted animals into or from the U.S. SCI has joined the lawsuit to defend the FWS’s decision not to provide that and other information in response to Freedom of Information Act Requests submitted by HSI to the FWS. SCI is very concerned that HSI wants to use the information once again to attack hunters, hunting and SCI.

HSI’s requests for the information and its decision to file a lawsuit mean that the FWS now has an obligation to notify all individuals who imported or exported animals into or from the U.S. The notice will inform importers and exporters that they should contact the FWS to state whether or not they want their identities disclosed to HSI. Instead of sending an individual letter to each of the thousands of individuals involved, the FWS has decided to publish the required notice in the Federal Register and on the FWS’s website. Once the notice appears in the Federal Register and on the FWS’s website, importers and exporters will have 20 days to respond to the notice. Unfortunately, it appears that the FWS has decided that if a person does not respond, the FWS will assume that person does not object to disclosure. In other words, it may be that if you do not expressly inform the FWS not to disclose your identity, the FWS will take your silence as an authorization to give out your name.

SCI is fully aware that the majority of SCI members (and others in the international hunting community) do not read the Federal Register or regularly visit the FWS’s website. However, SCI’s Litigation Department will be checking both sources daily. As soon as we see the FWS’s notice, we will send out an alert to all SCI members through our electronic publications. Our alert will explain how to inform the FWS whether you want your identity as a hunter/importer/exporter disclosed to HSI.

Please spread the word. If you know others who imported or exported legally hunted animals into or from the U.S., let them know that they too will have a limited opportunity to let the FWS know whether they want their identities disclosed to HSI. Encourage them to consult SCI’s publications and website for further information.
 
Will it ever end...!
 
This is crazy! Why are some people so avid to make other peoples lives more difficult then they have to be!!! I guess we need to be on the lookout for the "opt out" link soon.
 
By the way thanks for sharing
 
Thanks Robert!
 
Thanks for the notice
 
I’m a lifelong hunter/fisherman. It’s part of my heritage. My trophies were imported in 2015 so I’m not part of this current issue but if I were, I’m not sure I’d opt out. A big part of me wants to “draw a line in the sand” and stand up to these bullies! I’m retired and have plenty of time for a special project. Just sick and tired of being looked at as the devil himself simply because I hunt and fish!
 
I’m a lifelong hunter/fisherman. It’s part of my heritage. My trophies were imported in 2015 so I’m not part of this current issue but if I were, I’m not sure I’d opt out. A big part of me wants to “draw a line in the sand” and stand up to these bullies! I’m retired and have plenty of time for a special project. Just sick and tired of being looked at as the devil himself simply because I hunt and fish!

Could not agree more with you Whisstle. I believe the reason this country is so backward sometimes is because the majority of people choose to remain quiet and not fight. Having this discussion now with my kids after our recent safari to Westfalen. Don't post the pictures to social media but do have the conversation and discussion in person with kids that may disagree with you. Too many times people just hide. No easy answer or solution but I like your post.
 
Not very impressive that the USFWS is going to place the onus on Hunters to maintain privacy of personal information. The negative response as an tacit agreement for disclosure is sad.

Perhaps we can make it work for us though. If that is their general attitude, then we can just give them a notice on the SCI website, they should be checking it all the time as an obligation right, about an Elephant or Lion permit and if they don't reply then we can assume that they agree with our importing Lion and Elephant and print our own permits and just bring them home.
 
I’m a lifelong hunter/fisherman. It’s part of my heritage. My trophies were imported in 2015 so I’m not part of this current issue but if I were, I’m not sure I’d opt out. A big part of me wants to “draw a line in the sand” and stand up to these bullies! I’m retired and have plenty of time for a special project. Just sick and tired of being looked at as the devil himself simply because I hunt and fish!

I suspect the government would change their tune if they were informed that anti-hunting extremists could be dealing with self defense situations if they threaten a hunter or his his family. The government would be responsible for creating this situation and likely sued.
 
I suspect the government would change their tune if they were informed that anti-hunting extremists could be dealing with self defense situations if they threaten a hunter or his his family.

I don't know about the government changing their minds, but the self defense situations seem like a certainty...
 
I suspect the government would change their tune if they were informed that anti-hunting extremists could be dealing with self defense situations if they threaten a hunter or his his family. The government would be responsible for creating this situation and likely sued.[/QUOTE



I guarantee you for me it wouldn't be a "could be." I wouldn't be throwing slogans and red paint. I deal with a certain lead product

But yes, this is such bull****!
 
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Thanks for the headsup Robert! I just looked at the FWS site and saw nothing about it but its such a mess I don't know how anyone could find anything on there. Half the pages you click on wont open, sorta useless. Please let us know when this happens so we can go and opt out or not.

Thanks!
 
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If they are really after data and research just let them have the data but redact the names, addresses, anything personal. But of course that would be too easy for the government and not really what the antis want.
 
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If they are really after data and research just let them have the data but redact the names, addresses, anything personal. But of course that would be too easy for the government and not really what the antis want.

Redaction is used extensively in FOI and "privacy" is one of the top 5 reasons for its use. I suspect this is going to be thrown out of court primarily because of the privacy issue but I'm sure SCI will present ample evidence of death threats (Cecil comes to mind) to the court. Just more harassment fire by the animal rights wankers
 

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