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Tucson, AZ, July 8, 2004 - NEWS RELEASE - A victory that SCI won in the lower courts was locked up yesterday when the Fund for Animals announced their intention to withdraw their appeal of the case.
In a call to SCI’s litigation attorney, Anna Seidman, Fund for Animals said that they were going to file a motion with the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia asking the Court to dismiss their appeal.
The Fund had sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2001, challenging the issuance of permits allowing the importation of argali sheep (Marco Polo) trophies from Mongolia, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
In 2003, SCI and other interveners defeated the Fund’s challenge in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia. SCI won by persuading the court that the Fund could not prove that argali would benefit if importation into the United States was stopped. Citing SCI’s arguments, U.S. District Court Judge Gladys Kessler acknowledged the conservation benefits of trophy hunting. Shortly after their defeat in the District Court, the Fund for Animals appealed the case to the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
SCI President John Monson said, “The withdrawal of the appeal means that SCI’s victory is now complete, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service can continue to issue permits for argali trophies.”
Kevin Anderson, the Chairman of SCI’s Legal Task Force, said that, “the opinion should serve as a warning to animal rights groups that SCI will successfully defend the right to hunt.”
SCI Executive Director Tom Riley called this, “another significant victory for hunters nationally and internationally, and for the argali, which will benefit from the funds provided by hunters. SCI, First for Hunters, will continue this type of litigation for hunters and conservation.”
SCI was joined in its efforts by the U. S. Sportsmen’s Alliance. Also successfully intervening and defeating the Fund’s challenge was the Foundation for North American Wild Sheep and other conservation groups and interested individuals.
Safari Club International is the leader in protecting the freedom to hunt and in promoting wildlife conservation worldwide. This chapter driven, nonprofit association is a tireless advocate for the world’s 45 million sportsmen and sportswomen, who, through legal hunting, annually drive more than $1.7 billion in funding to conserve all wild species. For more information, they are having a membership drive and I"ll sign you up.
The record-breaking SCI 32nd Annual Hunters’ Convention hosted more than 17,000 sportsmen from 50 countries. Thanks to over 1,300 top exhibitors helping hunters realize dreams around the globe, and to some 1,100 extraordinary auction items, the Convention raised over $10 million for SCI, the SCI Foundation and SCI-PAC, the political action committee amplifying SCI advocacy efforts for hunters. To register to attend SCI’s 33rd Annual Hunters’ Convention, in Reno Jan. 26-29, 2005.
Tucson, AZ, July 8, 2004 - NEWS RELEASE - A victory that SCI won in the lower courts was locked up yesterday when the Fund for Animals announced their intention to withdraw their appeal of the case.
In a call to SCI’s litigation attorney, Anna Seidman, Fund for Animals said that they were going to file a motion with the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia asking the Court to dismiss their appeal.
The Fund had sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2001, challenging the issuance of permits allowing the importation of argali sheep (Marco Polo) trophies from Mongolia, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
In 2003, SCI and other interveners defeated the Fund’s challenge in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia. SCI won by persuading the court that the Fund could not prove that argali would benefit if importation into the United States was stopped. Citing SCI’s arguments, U.S. District Court Judge Gladys Kessler acknowledged the conservation benefits of trophy hunting. Shortly after their defeat in the District Court, the Fund for Animals appealed the case to the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
SCI President John Monson said, “The withdrawal of the appeal means that SCI’s victory is now complete, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service can continue to issue permits for argali trophies.”
Kevin Anderson, the Chairman of SCI’s Legal Task Force, said that, “the opinion should serve as a warning to animal rights groups that SCI will successfully defend the right to hunt.”
SCI Executive Director Tom Riley called this, “another significant victory for hunters nationally and internationally, and for the argali, which will benefit from the funds provided by hunters. SCI, First for Hunters, will continue this type of litigation for hunters and conservation.”
SCI was joined in its efforts by the U. S. Sportsmen’s Alliance. Also successfully intervening and defeating the Fund’s challenge was the Foundation for North American Wild Sheep and other conservation groups and interested individuals.
Safari Club International is the leader in protecting the freedom to hunt and in promoting wildlife conservation worldwide. This chapter driven, nonprofit association is a tireless advocate for the world’s 45 million sportsmen and sportswomen, who, through legal hunting, annually drive more than $1.7 billion in funding to conserve all wild species. For more information, they are having a membership drive and I"ll sign you up.
The record-breaking SCI 32nd Annual Hunters’ Convention hosted more than 17,000 sportsmen from 50 countries. Thanks to over 1,300 top exhibitors helping hunters realize dreams around the globe, and to some 1,100 extraordinary auction items, the Convention raised over $10 million for SCI, the SCI Foundation and SCI-PAC, the political action committee amplifying SCI advocacy efforts for hunters. To register to attend SCI’s 33rd Annual Hunters’ Convention, in Reno Jan. 26-29, 2005.
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