Sport Hunting Under Siege as Major Airlines Cease Trophy Transportation

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Yesterday several American Airlines, including Delta, announced that they would no longer transport big game trophies. Just saw on CBC that Air Canada and Westjet have followed suit! Common sense has officially become a super power. Conservation and Wildlife management cannot be approached like some idiotic Disney movie. Like the seal hunt, I'm going to take little comfort in being right after Africa becomes a wasteland, just as I will following the inevitable collapse of our harp seal herds once overpopulation causes a catastrophic collapse. It infuriates me that all of this has happened because of busy-bodies looking to "save" species that don't need saving and the fact that social media now provides the criminally ignorant the ability to actually influence our society from their cyber soap boxes and lynch mobs.
 
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People who can afford trophy hunting are not able to be construed as being discriminated against. Since they are successful people, they therefore must be the oppressors. Free shots, like a hanging pinatta.

All because of a Dentist. Take note of which carriers do this and avoid using them.
 
Do these airlines not realize how much people in the countries where safaris take place rely on the income? It's a huge, legal industry that supports (and feeds) a lot of people. There will be a backlash for sure from their governments and then airlines will quietly start transporting them again. What a world!
 
nowarningshot said:
People who can afford trophy hunting are not able to be construed as being discriminated against. Since they are successful people, they therefore must be the oppressors. Free shots, like a hanging pinatta.

All because of a Dentist. Take note of which carriers do this and avoid using them.
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It has been going on for the last 6 months. The Lion issue was not the start but it helps with the populist view some airlines take. Started with British Airways and Quantas. Currently only for the African Big Five, not all trophies. Expect more to get on the bad wagon. It is not really a big issue as most of these need to be dried and worked before they can be legally exported.
 
There is always Fed EX and UPS, besides, African heads must remain behind anyway for inspection and fumigation.
 
The various big game outfitting associations need to pony up for a massive PR campaign using traditional and non-traditional outlets like social media to clearly show the cost in lives these feel-good prohibitions will have on current threatened/endangered wildlife populations as well as the human costs. There are many villages in Africa that only have access to year-round clean water because of artesian wells drilled by concession owners seeking to improve the land. In addition to the elimination of water-borne disease, easy access to free protein and the prosperity that comes from sharing in trophy fees and employment opportunities because of sport hunting has also eliminated sarvation and malnutrition, illiteracy and ignorance for countless villages. The standard of living for such villages have increased exponentially solely because foreign sportsmen are willing to pay tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege of harvesting a mature trophy class animal. These animals have already reproduced many times and have already passed their genetics on. Removing them from said population would have negligible impact on the long term survival of the species. It infuriates me to no extent that the decades of careful conservation that have brought species like the white and black rhino, lion and African elephant back from the brink to where culls are necessary, in the latter case, in order to keep the population healthy and prevent habitat destruction.
 
I wonder if these airlines understand the damage they will cause to a the African nation. Sad that so few narrow minded people can be influenced without taking the time to understand the entire picture. " We The Sheep-ople" have made another decision based on emotion and poor judgement to not transport trophy heads and hides for hunters.

Excuse me while puke!
 
Every time that people are blown up, beheaded or executed we are told not to judge all Muslims.

Isn't it about time that law abiding hunters got the same treatment?

Dave.​
 
Not a single person (who cares so much about Cecil) has shed a single tear for the hundreds of animals Cecil has brutally murdered and eaten. Not. One. Single. Tweet.

It's an outrage. And I'm appalled.
 
This is reprinted from Tyone Simoneau on Facebook.


"For everyone that is/was "concerned" about the lion situation that has been blown out of proportion by social media. Read up. This is an email that my parents sent me. (They are in Africa right now).

Many of you have read or heard the news of the collared lion that has been shot here in Africa. Greg and I are in Zimbabwe, hunting with clients, at the camp of the very man that is being accused of "slaughtering a protected lion".
I would just like to clarify a few facts. Firstly, yes, the lion was collared but that does not mean protected the hunting concession we are on borders the park-- no fences, no gates, no wires. These animals are free to roam and cross into the areas surrounding the park at will. It is a given that when any animal is out of the designated boundaries of the park and in a hunting concession, it is fair game. Collared animals are shot by hunters once in a while and the law states that nothing has been done illegally, just that the collar is to be returned to the National Parks office.
Secondly, this lion was not lured out of the park by guts being dragged or calls being made. There was an elephant carcass, that died of natural causes, 2 1/2 km out of the parks boundary. The Professional Hunter (PH) and his hunter had seen a lion on the carcass so set up a blind to hunt that evening. The collared lion was the one that came in. No one realized the animal was collared until after it was harvested. The collar was returned to Parks, as is the procedure. It is unfortunate that this lion is a frequently photographed one in the parks as I believe that is why it has made national news. That, and the fact that it has a name..... Cecil.
Theo Bronkhorst has been threatened and dragged over the coals on this one. His family is being harassed and the Facebook comments have been horrendous. One in particular. "let me guess...this fed a village".
Here's where I'd like to explain something. Feeding the village is a phrase that is always taken in the literal sense. Yes, the meat of any animal is shared with the people but it's more than that. Here's how it works.
Every hunting concession has a native game scout appointed. This scout must accompany the PH and his hunters to be sure that nothing is shot that is not on quota.....quota meaning that only so many of one species can be taken during the year. This is recorded very officially in a ledger. Every animal has a trophy fee. This is divided up to the outfitter, the village and the government. The village gets their share of the meat. Now this is where Theo makes a difference. With the money, he has helped the people dig wells, pipe water and supplied tanks to their houses so they don't have to walk long distances to carry it. They have larger gardens now because of it, not to mention running water. He has built schools. He's helped put in solar panels so they have power. I have seen satellite dishes on some homes so I know they have tv. It is all this that is included in the phrase ' feed the village'.
I believe so many people do not understand hunting. They only see killing. Without hunting there is no conservation. Theo and his family are conservationists. They are not poachers. Everything done in the taking of this lion was done with professionalism. The hunter was legally licensed, the outfitter/PH, Theo, was licensed to legally hunt in that area.
It is disgusting to me how there is so much to-do about this one lion but nothing is said about the man who was killed just 2 nights ago by an elephant in the village of the scout who rides in the truck with us everyday. A human life was taken and it is not mentioned. We should be more concerned about Masugo and his family than Cecil. It is unfair that no one feels sorry for Masugo....nor for the hunter and PH that have been falsely accused of a crime they did not commit.
Please share this with as many people as you can so the real story also gets revealed. It surprises us that organizations like Dallas Club and Safari Club International (SCI), who's slogan is 'first for hunters', have not become involved to investigate and stand behind a fellow hunter. Let us all, as hunters, stand together."
 
Neo said:
If hunting in another Canadian province, just what other airline are we supposed to use if Air Canada and WestJet won't play ball?
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come to Yukon Air north is flying from and to YEG .... other than that it is just the beginning ... after hunting they will come for firearms ....
 
Neo said:
If hunting in another Canadian province, just what other airline are we supposed to use if Air Canada and WestJet won't play ball?
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Calm air
Air Tindi
Perimeter
North Cariboo
Canadian North
Porter
Provincial Airlines
Voaygeur
Air Inuit
First Air
Air Creebec

Etc.
 
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