Airline bans hunting trophies following ‘Cecil the Lion’ outcry

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>US airline Delta has had a major change of heart about shipping hunting trophies&comma; announcing that it would no longer accept lion&comma; leopard&comma; elephant&comma; rhinoceros and buffalo trophies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As recently as May&comma; the Atlanta-based airline had said that it would continue to allow such shipments – as long as they were legal&period; At the time&comma; some international carriers prohibited such cargo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The U-turn comes after an American dentist killed a well-known lion named Cecil in Zimbabwe last month in an allegedly illegal hunt&comma; setting off a worldwide uproar&period; The dentist&comma; Walter James Palmer&comma; lives in Minnesota&comma; which is a major hub for Delta&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Delta has the most flights of any US airline to Africa&period; Several non-US airlines announced similar bans last week&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Delta would not answer questions about why the decision was made now and how many hunting trophies it has shipped in recent years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;08&sol;image34&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;08&sol;image34&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Delta Airlines" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"325" class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78395" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The company only issued a 58-word statement noting that prior to Monday’s ban&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Delta’s strict acceptance policy called for absolute compliance with all government regulations regarding protected species”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Henry Harteveldt&comma; a travel industry consultant&comma; noted that the airline was probably responding to pressure following the news of Cecil’s killing&period; The airline was the subject of a petition on change&period;org to ban such shipments&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I don’t think there was much of this shipment taking place&comma; so there is minimal revenue loss and big PR gain for them&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile US toy-maker Ty Incorporated has created a &&num;8220&semi;Cecil the Lion&&num;8221&semi; Beanie Baby to raise funds for animal conservation efforts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Chief executive Ty Warner said the company&comma; based in the Chicago suburb of Westmont&comma; hopes the Beanie Baby will raise awareness for animal conservation and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;give comfort to all saddened by the loss of Cecil”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The firm said all profits from &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Cecil the Lion” sales to retailers will go to the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit of Oxford University in England&period; 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