{"id":6521,"date":"2015-08-05T12:50:19","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T11:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=6521"},"modified":"2016-03-02T13:21:34","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T12:21:34","slug":"four-us-airlines-join-ban-on-hunting-trophies-after-global-cecil-outrage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/08\/four-us-airlines-join-ban-on-hunting-trophies-after-global-cecil-outrage\/","title":{"rendered":"Four US airlines stop transporting hunting trophies after global Cecil outrage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6522\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/lion-in-kruger.png\" alt=\"lion in kruger\" width=\"627\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/lion-in-kruger.png 412w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/lion-in-kruger-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/lion-in-kruger-103x67.png 103w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/>Since the killing of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe, four US airlines have committed to no longer transporting hunting trophies from the so-called &#8216;Big Five&#8217; species. Delta Air Lines, United, Virgin Atlantic and American airlines have all changed their\u00a0rules about transporting hunting trophies so they will no longer carry trophies from lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros and buffalo. Furthermore,\u00a0a group of airlines including Air France, KLM, Iberia, IAG Cargo, Singapore Airlines and Qantas also stated\u00a0they would ban the transport of trophy-hunting kills, according to Paul Ferris, campaign director at online petition group <a href=\"http:\/\/sumofus.org\" target=\"_blank\">SumOfUs.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAirlines and other large travel corporations would be foolish to ignore the public reaction to the killing of Cecil the lion, and growing concern about the plight of endangered species,\u201d said Ferris.<\/p>\n<h6>In Brief<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>A similar ban was initiated by South African Airways in April, later joined by Emirates, Lufthansa and British Airways. However since July reports have stated that SAA has rescinded the ban and\u00a0resumed shipping trophy kills.<\/li>\n<li>15,000 American tourists visit Africa on hunting safaris every year, according to Conservation Force, a nonprofit group that advocates responsible hunting.<\/li>\n<li>11 African countries issue lion-hunting permits, including Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia and Tanzania.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>In Depth<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/08\/03\/travel\/cecil-lion-poaching-hunting-delta-airlines.html?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss&amp;_r=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read the original article on the New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cannedlion\" target=\"_blank\">Follow the Campaign Against Canned Lion Hunting on Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Download the free report\u00a0&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecolarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Ecolarge-2013-200m-question-FINAL-lowres.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">How much does Trophy Hunting actually contribute to African Conservation?<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>In the Future<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Move by increasing numbers of airlines shows that there are more ways to tackle trophy hunting than just outright bans, which may be harder to achieve<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6522,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268,675,12,140],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>After Cecil, Four US airlines stop transporting hunting trophies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Move by increasing numbers of airlines shows that there are more ways to tackle trophy hunting than just outright bans, which may be harder to achieve\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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