Big-game trophies will no longer fly with American Airlines

In a statement sent to TakePart on Monday, Delta said it has banned the transport of lion, leopard, elephant, rhino, and buffalo parts on its flights worldwide.

His killer is said to have paid thirty two thousand pounds to shoot the popular lion with a crossbow and rifle.

Before Delta’s ban, the airline’s policy required “absolute compliance with all government regulations regarding protected species”, it said.

The death of Cecil sparked a discussion among conservation organizations about a proposal for bills banning imports of lion trophies to the U.S. and European Union as well as about ethics and the business of big-game hunting. The announcement Monday came following the roar of protest over the slaughter of an African lion named Cecil.

Delta, American and United Airlines announced yesterday that they would no longer transport trophies of any of the so-called “big five” animals.

Delta Airlines is banning the shipment of trophy animals after the uproar surrounding the shooting of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe.

Two American airways bowed to public outrage over the killing of and can now ban the cargo of searching trophies of lions and different threatened or weak animals.

American Airlines flies to only eight sub-Saharan cities, far fewer than Delta, but said in a tweet its decision to stop carrying trophies was “effective immediately”.

He’s now being investigated by Zimbabwean and; Zimbabwean officers are additionally. Seski also used a bow and arrow on the big cat even if he did not have a permit and in the national park which prohibits hunting. Embargoes are placed occasionally influenced by circumstance at the time.

The first ban was initiated by South African Airways in April, followed by British Airways, Emirates and Lufthansa.