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Delta bans shipment of lion trophies, bolsters push for national airline ban
Washington Examiner ^ | August 3, 2015 | Paul Bedard

Posted on 08/03/2015 11:42:52 AM PDT by Biggirl

Delta Airlines on Monday announced that its banning the shipment of safari hunting trophies like lions, giving a major push to several calls for a national embargo on the shipment of pelts and horns.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: animals; bedard; cecilthelion; dal; delta; liontrophies
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To: AnAmericanMother

Thanks, Mom, for ‘splainin my point. But I fear that no amount of ‘splainin will get through a thick skull.


61 posted on 08/04/2015 7:08:22 PM PDT by diogenes ghost
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To: diogenes ghost
Never thought I'd see the day when pure hysterical emotion would run rampant on FR.

I thought this crowd was into logical, intelligent analysis, not "I don't like something because it's so . . . yucky! . . . so I think the Government ought to BAN it!"

62 posted on 08/05/2015 7:57:47 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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To: AnAmericanMother
"Never thought I'd see the day...."

Yup, same here. My frustration/disappointment at FR over the last four or five years only seems to grow.

Yeah, I'm getting older and less forgiving, but damn. The days of funny but well reasoned and thoughtful discussions appears to be over.

63 posted on 08/05/2015 11:58:00 AM PDT by diogenes ghost
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