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Delta bans shipment of lion trophies, bolsters push for national airline ban
Washington Examiner ^
| August 3, 2015
| Paul Bedard
Posted on 08/03/2015 11:42:52 AM PDT by Biggirl
Delta Airlines on Monday announced that its banning the shipment of safari hunting trophies like lions, giving a major push to several calls for a national embargo on the shipment of pelts and horns.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: animals; bedard; cecilthelion; dal; delta; liontrophies
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To: Biggirl
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posted on
08/03/2015 12:21:17 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: knittnmom
The trophy is tagged and clearly marked on the outside of the box as to what it is.
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posted on
08/03/2015 12:22:25 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Vendome
Thanks. Did not know that.
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posted on
08/03/2015 12:23:15 PM PDT
by
knittnmom
(Save the earth! It's the only planet with chocolate!)
To: Biggirl
People who trophy hunt big game in Africa don’t fly commercial. Just ask Coca Cola Bottling of Atlanta!
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posted on
08/03/2015 12:24:24 PM PDT
by
blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
To: Biggirl
What if I wrap my stuffed lion’s head in a confederate flag? Would that make it ok?
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posted on
08/03/2015 12:24:27 PM PDT
by
samtheman
(Trump/Cruz '16)
To: knittnmom
It goes through a separate customs and duties and you have to pay some pretty stiff fees.
Not cheap.
I have friends that tell me it can cost as much to bring back a trophy as the hunt itself
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posted on
08/03/2015 12:27:26 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: The Iceman Cometh
It’s not what I want to do with my vacation time but as long as it’s done legally I have no problem with it. This shoot was illegal but it sounds like more than half the law-breaking was done by the local guide.
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posted on
08/03/2015 12:28:56 PM PDT
by
samtheman
(Trump/Cruz '16)
To: samtheman
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A prudent hunter would not trust Delta any way. It is better that freight be given to a trusted and capable handler
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posted on
08/03/2015 12:33:46 PM PDT
by
bert
((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... No peace? then no peace!)
To: The Iceman Cometh
"I say "f" trophy hunters."
So I assume you support the extermination of those species in poor countries.
Because that is the choice....trophy hunting or extermination through poaching.
To: Biggirl; All
how do they know it is a “trophy”
does this include “trophy wives”? what will they do with first class?
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posted on
08/03/2015 12:42:30 PM PDT
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: The Iceman Cometh
Both the hunting preserve and safari protected area are managed like zoos...both areas attracting large dollars for a poor nation. This activity actually helps to preserve the species and improve the economy of the region. A failing economy would mean the end of all these creatures that Americans seem to worship as the locals would be unable to protect and manage the areas and the poor would kill everything.
Also, large mammal natural selection in most parts of Africa has been extinct for sometime now. We determine the correct numbers of predator and pray and where they should live.
To: diogenes ghost
The amount of emoting about this topic on FR of all places disturbs me...
I daresay we lost many great FReeper minds in the last few purges and are now being overtaken with emotional arguments vs. rational ones...
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posted on
08/03/2015 12:48:49 PM PDT
by
SZonian
(Throwing our allegiances to political parties in the long run gave away our liberty.)
To: AnAmericanMother
I do not trophy hunt, but I do hunt deer, duck & dove and go to the occasional pheasant shoot. But I stand with my fellow hunters, period. I don't hunt at all because I find it expensive, boring, and time-consuming, plus I prefer the taste of the meat from the grocery store. But I still stand with the hunters, and I certainly don't support extradition to Zimbabwe for anything short of murder (and I'm not sure I'd trust their courts with a murder trial, either.)
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posted on
08/03/2015 12:55:06 PM PDT
by
Gil4
(And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, ax and saw)
To: The Iceman Cometh
How about a rush and a lionskin rug.
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posted on
08/03/2015 1:02:18 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: SZonian
Anything can be carried to excess. There is presumably a lion bag limit in Zimbabwe just like there are hunting limits on wildlife here.
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posted on
08/03/2015 1:04:08 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: The Iceman Cometh
Trophy hunters should be limited to only hunting with a dagger. Give the animals a sporting chance. In Hawaii, feral pigs are hunted with daggers.
To: HiTech RedNeck
How about a rush and a lionskin rug.I am a real estate agent and more people than not do not like homes that have the trophy stuff mounted on walls and such, so no. A lion skin rug is a no-go.
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posted on
08/03/2015 1:37:02 PM PDT
by
The Iceman Cometh
(Proud Teabagging Barbarian Terrorist Hobbit Crazy Cracker Son-of-a-Bitch!)
To: Fiji Hill
In Hawaii, feral pigs are hunted with daggers.After the dogs have them pinned, of course.
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posted on
08/03/2015 1:38:00 PM PDT
by
The Iceman Cometh
(Proud Teabagging Barbarian Terrorist Hobbit Crazy Cracker Son-of-a-Bitch!)
To: diogenes ghost
Because that is the choice....trophy hunting or extermination through poaching.I don't accept that the options are solely binary.
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posted on
08/03/2015 1:39:15 PM PDT
by
The Iceman Cometh
(Proud Teabagging Barbarian Terrorist Hobbit Crazy Cracker Son-of-a-Bitch!)
To: The Iceman Cometh
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posted on
08/03/2015 1:39:43 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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