SCI Statement on Airline Trophy Bans

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SCI CONDEMNS ARBITRARY DECISION BY DOMESTIC AIRLINES TO BAN SHIPMENT OF AFRICAN HUNTING TROPHIES

In what appears to be an ill-advised response to public attention, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and American Airlines each announced the immediate suspension of cargo shipments of lion, elephant, rhinoceros, leopard, and buffalo trophies. The airlines have given no indication that they will ban the shipment of trophies of any other species. For Delta Air Lines, the ban represents a direct reversal of the position it announced on May 13, 2015. On that date, Delta, which is the only U.S. domestic carrier with direct service to South Africa, committed to continuing the shipment of all legally hunted trophies.

The three U.S. airlines — and other airlines around the world that have succumbed to media pressure — have little understanding or concern about the harm that their embargoes will cause to wildlife conservation. International hunters generate and deliver much needed funds to the areas where wildlife actually exists. Each action that airlines take to discourage international hunting means less money to fight poaching, preserve habitat, and sustainably manage wildlife populations.

These three airline announcements came weeks after several other international airlines implemented changes to their policies concerning the shipment of hunting trophies. Not all airlines are enforcing trophy shipment embargoes. For example, on July 22, 2015, thanks in great part to the efforts of the Professional Hunters Association of South Africa, with support from SCI,South African Airways reconsidered and reversed an embargo that it had implemented months before.



Source: Safari Club International (SCI)
 
Is that it !
That will make the airlines sweat !
 
:sleep:
Good lord... o_O
I hope whoever drafted that didn't allow it to interfere with their full time job greeting customers at Wal Mart.
 
What a joke. I keep saying fellas I'm losing alot of faith in SCI.
 
Since getting back from Africa I have looked inti joining SCI here in New Zealand .
Is it worth it ? I could do better than that !!
 
I'm pretty much convinced we are going to have to fight this war without significant support from SCI or DSC.

The problem I see is hunters don't seem to be able to organize worth shite. I am fighting these moral zealots every damn day and I don't see much along the lines of support. You know what though screw it, I want my kid to be able to enjoy hunting like I do so I'll fight these a-holes until I'm in the ground. Never really been much for backing down from a fight or letting bullies run the schoolyard.

If everyone wants to hide in a hole and make excuses why they aren't fighting back then to hell with them and don't bitch when the antis have won. Make no mistake this isn't a passing fad and they won't give up.
 
virgin airways announced in Australia that they wont transporting trophies anymore ,today ..............
 
I'm pretty much convinced we are going to have to fight this war without significant support from SCI or DSC.

The problem I see is hunters don't seem to be able to organize worth shite. I am fighting these moral zealots every damn day and I don't see much along the lines of support. You know what though screw it, I want my kid to be able to enjoy hunting like I do so I'll fight these a-holes until I'm in the ground. Never really been much for backing down from a fight or letting bullies run the schoolyard.

If everyone wants to hide in a hole and make excuses why they aren't fighting back then to hell with them and don't bitch when the antis have won. Make no mistake this isn't a passing fad and they won't give up.
All over 1 f..k.n lion !!!
Try mentioning the chinesse oganised crime killing Rinos and im a bloody racist ?
No one cares here because they know the chinese dont give a shit about about the Antis .
Hunters are easy meat to attack .
By the time my heads are ready to come home I bet Air New Zealand have banned them .
The western world is stuffed . Full of people makeing a fortune annoying people like us .
 
We as hunters need to write the airlines in questions, and express our discontent with their proposal. This is BS!!!
 
I of course did and received the same generic e mail other members here received. Word for word. Shows they are Hippocrates since they loved us several months ago with SAA would not ship trophies.
 
I'm a board member of my local sci chapter, we have gotten no word from National but to make no comments to the press. I have always been proud to support sci but I will admit I'm getting tired of the no news. My only hope is that the lobbyists for sci are working hard behind the scenes.
 
I'm a board member of my local sci chapter, we have gotten no word from National but to make no comments to the press. I have always been proud to support sci but I will admit I'm getting tired of the no news. My only hope is that the lobbyists for sci are working hard behind the scenes.
Make no comment?! SERIOUSLY! I for one am FEED UP. Behind the scenes if that indeed is happening does NOTHING to improve our image to the general public. What the hell are pro hunting organizations afraid of? How do we get our message out there?? How do we show the public where their money is REALLY going! Anybody body here ready to blow a fuse over this inaction of all pro hunting groups?
 
Jonny to be fair the local media printed a lot of one sided articles using hunters interviews out of context. I live pretty close to the dentist that kicked off all this so the reaction was big. It does seem like all the hunting groups are going with the plan to just endure the storm. If all the groups would work together they would have a heck of a pr budget. Problem is hunters can be the worst enemy of other hunters. But I do agree with Johnny, feel like I'm in that 300 movie facing the barbarians.
 
Jonny to be fair the local media printed a lot of one sided articles using hunters interviews out of context. I live pretty close to the dentist that kicked off all this so the reaction was big. It does seem like all the hunting groups are going with the plan to just endure the storm. If all the groups would work together they would have a heck of a pr budget. Problem is hunters can be the worst enemy of other hunters. But I do agree with Johnny, feel like I'm in that 300 movie facing the barbarians.
It just makes no sense to me to just "weather the storm". A PR firm financed by the big players in the industry can't cost THAT much. Hell as I said if DSC or SCI or NRA claimed there membership also pays a PR firm to positively represent us when these type of media storms occur I would pay double for my membership...I mean what is it worth to continue to make sure hunting is around for future generations.
 
The statement by SCI is pretty sad. I have kicked around joining SCI for awhile. But this whole debacle and their response (or lack there of) really makes me wonder why I would join.

I don't even feel the PR campaign would be that tough, look at all of the articles members have posted here regarding the pro's of hunting, how hard would it be to buy newspaper space, disturb articles to online bloggers, etc. I understand the no comment but SCI and DSC should have had a PR firm give a blanket statement for all chapters to use immediately. Hell, hire some college kids and pay them a dollar for every 10 likes they get on every article that they relay a pro hunting message. You get a 1000 bloggers blowing up social media that way pretty easily.
 
The statement by SCI is pretty sad. I have kicked around joining SCI for awhile. But this whole debacle and their response (or lack there of) really makes me wonder why I would join.

I don't even feel the PR campaign would be that tough, look at all of the articles members have posted here regarding the pro's of hunting, how hard would it be to buy newspaper space, disturb articles to online bloggers, etc. I understand the no comment but SCI and DSC should have had a PR firm give a blanket statement for all chapters to use immediately. Hell, hire some college kids and pay them a dollar for every 10 likes they get on every article that they relay a pro hunting message. You get a 1000 bloggers blowing up social media that way pretty easily.
How hard would it be for a PR firm to put out a positive image for hunters and conservation? Very easy! Ok I understand most anti hunters may never come around but I m sure many would "accept" hunting as a management tool. If shown what has happens to wildlife once hunters leave , if they are shown that a portion of OUR money goes to anti poaching teams and to the locals I m sure it would open eyes. Show them were there money is REALLY being spent that they send to PETA and the likes. I m sure donors will NOT be happy. Folks that don't hunt are completely in the dark about what hunting does for the wildlife and the local economies . This is the message we need to send. Do we run the risk of anti hunters running there own visually explicit ad's, I guess we do. But what is the alternative? Sit back and let them take it all away?
 
We as hunters need to write the airlines in questions, and express our discontent with their proposal. This is BS!!!
Absolutely. Every email, letter and phone call counts. Spouses and family members where possible too.

I'm a board member of my local sci chapter, we have gotten no word from National but to make no comments to the press. I have always been proud to support sci but I will admit I'm getting tired of the no news. My only hope is that the lobbyists for sci are working hard behind the scenes.
On the one hand, I hate to be critical of any of our hunting organizations at a time like this. We should be cheering them on because they are providing leadership and inspiring us. Sadly all I'm hearing is crickets.
The way I interpret the word from SCI HQ is this. We don't think you're smart enough not to say something stupid. And, we're not sure what to say.
That SCI press release was the most pathetic vanilla, milk-toast say nothing piece of crap I could imagine. There was a tremendous opportunity there and they completely blew it. Rally the troops and provide some inspiring leadership. The actions of the million idiot march has provided so much ammunition for us to use it's unbelievable. Point at all the irrational, psychotic behavior and contrast our actions against that. Appeal to Delta with a understanding and rational argument. Recognize Delta has been attacked too.
If SCI's policy is going to be to say nothing, then stick to that and say nothing. Saying something that is nothing is just stupid.
Jesus!
 
I agree it seems that most hunter and hunting organizations would rather quietly try to hold out until things die down. The fact that meat hunters try to distance themselves from trophy hunting (zero difference between the two fundamentally) doesn't help.

Why are these organizations and the companies that make their money from sportsman not able to see the hard truth. This is not a storm that will go away, in fact as the left wing socialist moral extremists grow this is only going to get worse. Make no mistake this movement is still only picking up steam. With every social media frenzy they get bolder and stronger while we get weaker and lose ground.

We need a voice for sportsman that people can rally around SCI and DSC have lost my membership, they don't seem capable of adapting to this new type of social media war. They need to take a big chunk of that money we give them and hire the best damn PR folks in the business whose sole purpose is fighting these fights and discrediting the antis, it's time to roll up those sleeves ball up our fists and get a little rowdy (figure of speach I don't mean kicking the ever living bejeezus out of the moral extremists).

PHASA seems to be doing a pretty bang up job but they are limited to RSA and the extremists won't stop there.

We need the organizational equivelant of BRICKBURN.
 
I really can't agree with you guys more, it's been incredibly frustrating being associated with sci and not getting any guidance. Maybe the bigger chapters are getting help but we are getting nothing. The hunting special interest groups can't seem to work together. It seemed for the first week clubs like pope and young were just saying "hey, we had nothing to do with it". The anti hunters don't care, they even went after the company that built the dentists Web site, it was built in 2013. I'm very glad to see others have the exact feelings of abandonment.
 

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