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While airlines ban hunting trophy shipments, UPS says it won’t bow to controversy
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1769864" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/08/03/delta-air-lines-bans-freight-shipments-of-lion-hunting-trophies/" target="_blank"><strong>While airlines ban hunting trophy shipments, UPS says it won’t bow to controversy - Washington Post</strong></a></p><p></p><p>Hunters and others looking to ship lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros and buffalo heads and other big-game trophies across the world still have options available, even as Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and Air Canada announced this week that they will no longer allow such cargo on their planes.</p><p></p><p>Shipments of hunting trophies are still allowed by United Parcel Service, a UPS spokeswoman told The Washington Post on Tuesday, noting that the global shipping giant follows U.S. and international laws, not public opinion, in determining what it will and won’t ship.</p><p></p><p>“There are many items shipped in international commerce that may spark controversy,” UPS public relations director Susan Rosenberg wrote in an e-mail. “The views on what is appropriate for shipment are as varied as the audiences that hold these views.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1769864, member: 1"] [URL='http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/08/03/delta-air-lines-bans-freight-shipments-of-lion-hunting-trophies/'][B]While airlines ban hunting trophy shipments, UPS says it won’t bow to controversy - Washington Post[/B][/URL] Hunters and others looking to ship lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros and buffalo heads and other big-game trophies across the world still have options available, even as Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and Air Canada announced this week that they will no longer allow such cargo on their planes. Shipments of hunting trophies are still allowed by United Parcel Service, a UPS spokeswoman told The Washington Post on Tuesday, noting that the global shipping giant follows U.S. and international laws, not public opinion, in determining what it will and won’t ship. “There are many items shipped in international commerce that may spark controversy,” UPS public relations director Susan Rosenberg wrote in an e-mail. “The views on what is appropriate for shipment are as varied as the audiences that hold these views. [/QUOTE]
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