Tell FedEx and UPS to Stop Transporting Hunting Trophies

Mumbai 15th Aug 2015(Sana Sayed): Trophy hunter and Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer smiles over the corpse of an animal, who, like Cecil, only wanted to be left in peace.

As you have likely heard, a much-beloved lion named Cecil was recently lured out of the safety of Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe, shot with a crossbow by a Minnesota dentist, and left to suffer for 40 hours before he was shot again this time with a gun and killed. Cecil was then beheaded and skinned, leaving his family of cubs fatherless and vulnerable. In the wake of this atrocity, many airlines have announced that they will no longer transport animals killed by trophy hunters. However, FedEx and UPS are still providing transport services for hunting trophies.

Trophy hunting is a spineless pastime in which over privileged cowards pay a hefty price to be handed a weapon so that they can gun down innocent and magnificent animals. These hunts leave wild animals without their mates, parents, and offspring. Hunters, who lack compassion and respect for these living creatures, simply want another carcass that they can mount on their wall. As other renowned companies are taking a stand against this despicable pastime, it's time that FedEx and UPS follow suit.

Take Action for Cecil the Lion

To protect other lions like Cecil, please urge the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to issue a final rule listing lions as "threatened" and banning the importation of lion heads, tails, and skins in order to stop all trophy imports into the United States. 

Mumbai 9th Aug 2015(Sana Sayed): Cecil the lion, the patriarch and defender of a family of dozens of cubs, was recently killed by a Minnesota dentist who wanted a lion's head on his wall. The dentist, Walter Palmer, along with his hunting party, tied a dead animal to a vehicle to lure Cecil out of Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe. He blinded Cecil with a spotlight and then shot him with a high-powered crossbow. Cecil hid in the bush, no doubt suffering greatly from a steel arrow in his body. When Cecil was found 40 hours later the mighty white hunter shot him and had him beheaded and skinned.

Hunting is a coward's pastime. To get a thrill at the cost of a life, this overblown, over-privileged little man gunned down a beloved lion with a high-powered weapon, leaving a family of cubs vulnerable to attack. All wild animals are beloved by their own mates and offspring, but to hunters who lack empathy, understanding, and respect for living creatures they are merely targets to kill, decapitate, and hang up on a wall as a trophy. The photograph of this dentist smiling over the corpse of another animal, who, like Cecil, wanted only to be left in peace, will disgust every caring soul in the world. 

The United States must stop allowing the importation of lion heads, tails, and skins into the United States.