ATLANTA, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Following the illegal assassination of Zimbabwe lion Cecil by U.S. dentist Walter Palmer, major airlines banned the transport of big-game trophies.
Delta, United and American Airlines banned on Monday the transport of lion, rhinoceros, leopard, elephant and buffalo remains. The three airlines did not link their decision to the killing of Cecil and offered no other reasoning for the changes in travel policy. They also pointed to the logistics behind getting the head, horns and hide of a dead animal to a destination.