Oppose the Airline Ban on Transport of Legally Harvested Animals

I am a Silver (almost Gold) Medallion frequent flyer and will be looking for alternate travel options if Delta doesn't reconsider it's decision to ban shipments of legally taken game. I will advise my employees to do the same.

Legal harvest of game animals, especially mature males has no bearing on populations. If this ban continues it will only benefit poachers . This will cause all game and local peoples to suffer greatly!!

I will not fly Delta until the ban is lifted. Period.

Don't cowar to a few who bang loudly.

what is next?

Lift the ban

I have lived in south Africa for 12 months during 2005, and have seen first hand the good that legally harvested trophy hunting has on the local communities. as well as the conservation of species the farm at which I hunted has set up a sable breeding project and a TB free buffalo breeding project all initially funded by local and foreign hunters

Politically correct isn't always the way to go. Personally I'm tired of it

Please stop this ban and support true conservationism

Sad state of affairs. Airlines are responding to pure emotion. The investigation is ongoing. If the hunter, PH, or outfitter are guilty they should be prosecuted. Knee jerk reactions per airlines are hyperbole at best!

I urge you to reverse this decision to not carry legally killed animals

I will not be traveling your airline until you reverse this decision.

waiting to book travel until this issue resolved

I've been flying your airline for years. Seriously reconsidering another airline if this goes through.

I oppose the airline ban on transport of legally harvested animals

Well done Houston Safari Club. Let's hope this ball gets rolling.

Not acceptable for proper wildlife management

I intend to fly an alternate choice.

I am signing this petition to signify that I am in direct opposition to the recent airline transportation ban on legally harvested animals. The decision to take a blanket approach to the transportation of these animals is an inappropriate response and incorrectly fails to distinguish between the trade and transportation of legally acquired wildlife specimens, and the illegal trade in wildlife specimens. Hunting-related tourism is a primary source of funding for wildlife agencies and personnel, anti-poaching efforts, habitat preservation and species enrichment. Impairing the transport of legally harvested animals will cause a drastic reduction in consumer travel and thus a critical source of conservation support. In the end, transportation bans will directly affect the future of wildlife and economies on a local and global level. CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) is an international agreement between governments, already in place to oversee international trade in specimens of selected species and to apply certain controls to oversee the transportation of these species. As a hunter and conservationist, I remain steadfast in opposing all poaching and unethical hunting behavior including the illegal trade in wildlife and wildlife specimens. As a consumer of the services you provide, I strongly urge you to reverse the decision to ban the transportation of legally harvested animals. If you do not, this policy decision will weigh heavily on my choice of future airline providers and I will encourage all of my contacts to make the same consideration.

Banning transportation of legally acquired animals is an emotional and arbitrary reaction not based on fact. If you won't bring my trophies back, then I won't fly with you either.