Delta Airlines made a similar announcement earlier Monday.
Delta, American and United Airlines announced they will no longer ship big-game animal carcasses, or 'trophies', for hunters who want to bring their kill home.
Bit of old news to cover since I haven’t had much time to post here lately. In the wake of the Cecil incident, quite a few airlines, both American and overseas, have joined Emirates Airlines and stopped transporting sport hunting trophies, including Lufthansa, Air France, KLM, Iberia, IAG Cargo, Singapore Airlines, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Air Canada, and Qantas.
British Airways and Virgin pledge NEVER to carry big game trophies in wake of Cecil
While airlines ban hunting trophy shipments, UPS says it won’t bow to controversy
The decision is not restricted to only airlines either, as the Mediterranean Shipping Company also announced they would be enforcing a ban on hunting trophies:
MSC ban the transport of hunting trophies
On the unfortunate flip side, South African Airlines, which was the first airline to announce an embargo on hunting trophy cargo back in April, then reversed it’s position again in July and announced it would once more allow transport of lion, rhino, elephant, and tiger trophies:
Anger as African airline lifts trophy ban
(Not a very hard decision for them, I’m sure, after seeing how many other airlines were banning and how there was suddenly a nice niche hole in the market that needed filling. . .)