While airlines ban hunting trophy shipments, UPS says it won’t bow to controversy

[Eugene]

Source: Washington Post

While airlines ban hunting trophy shipments, UPS says it won’t bow to controversy

By Sarah Larimer August 4 at 1:58 PM

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.

“UPS takes many factors under consideration in establishing its shipping policies, including the legality of the contents and additional procedures required to ensure compliance. We avoid making judgments on the appropriateness of the contents. All shipments must comply with all laws, including any relevant documentation from the shipper required in the origin and destination location of the shipments.”

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Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/08/03/delta-air-lines-bans-freight-shipments-of-lion-hunting-trophies/

[Politicalboi]

1. Their business relies on public opinion

I'm GLAD they told us how they feel, and I hope their home page gets bombarded with negative posts.

[stage left]

2. They're taking a bit of a beating on facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/ups

[gratuitous]

3. A couple of things occur to me

First, these rich fucks who have nothing better to do with their obscene amounts of money than to go on canned trophy hunts are always going to find someone to haul their swag for them. They don't risk pulling a muscle carrying their own bags, you know.

Second, I wonder how UPS would respond to a whisper campaign that they're the carrier of choice for transport of Planned Parenthood tissue shipments? Perfectly legal. The shipments comply with all laws. But if the self-appointed yammering vagina police started in on them, I'd be willing to bet they'd fold faster than Superman on laundry day.

[Juicy_Bellows]

4. What can brown do for you?

Or maybe have that artist guy do a nice clever drawing of UPS shipping carcasses around.

Trophy hunters can suck it.