Safari Specialty Importers

09/25/2024

And we have the FDA!!!!!

232.9K likes, 16.5K comments. “I clipped together some highlights from Hari | Food Babe speech in Washington, DC today. I gighly recommend everyone watch the full thing!!”

08/04/2024

Friday From the Field-Checking in from Down Under -

07/05/2024

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Professional Hunters like Morgan Potter work with Game Rangers and local communities to combat poaching by ensuring that animals provide value to the villages through meat distribution and funds paid for by hunters.

06/14/2024

Friday from the Field: FE Outrider Hunt 2024
8 days, 15 great guys, and 100+ animals later, the foray into the Easter Cape was a success. If you have never been, Crusader Safaris will show you a great time. Field Ethos Journal puts a fantastic adventure together! Can't wait to go back.

05/24/2024

Friday from the Field: End of the Trophy Journey

Today we get to share the end of the journey for trophies. These are mine and my family's leopard, buffalo, elephant, mid-Asian Ibex, and various other plainsgame. It may be a long wait in some cases from the field to home, but the wait is worth it!

Contact us today to get your memories home!

05/03/2024

Friday from the Field: Movement on Zimbabwe Lion Import Permits

We are happy to announce that we are seeing movement on Zimbabwe Lion Import Permits. We are working directly with the USFW Officers overseeing all Zimbabwe Lion permit applications. If you have a pending permit, or need to bring a Zimbabwe Lion into the US, contact us immediately.

04/18/2024

04/05/2024

Friday from the Field: Updates on US Elephant Imports

In the spirit of Good Friday, USFW dropped a surprise announcement of new rules and requirements to import Elephants to the US. We have been able to acquire answers from USFW on how this will affect the import process going forward. Full details will soon be on our website. Here are the important facts:

1) Beginning May 1st, 2024, Range countries must provide an annual certification regarding elephant management, status of elephants and the hunting programs in the country. This will supplement the Operator Enhancement reports that are part of the current requirements for Import Applications.

2) Beginning in 2026, USFW will only allow imports from countries that are deemed CITES Category 1. This means they not only abide by CITES Convention policies, but also have enacted laws that support these policies. Current Category 1 Countries include Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, an Tanzania. Botswana is currently Category 2 and is working on moving to Category 1.

3)Elephants hunted before May 1st, 2024 will be processed under the current requirements, i.e. annual report from range country will not be needed.

In short, Elephants CAN still be imported to the US. The process for the hunters and outfitters will not change, and range countries are already putting processes in place for the annual reports.

Safari Specialty Importers has been at the forefront of obtaining elephant permits and will continue to ensure our clients have the best opportunity to bring their elephants home.

Contact us if you have any questions.

03/05/2024

Another rainy day….. so time to feed the soul and stomach!!!!!
Chicken Francese!!!!!!

03/05/2024

Another Zambia Elephant permit secured! I guess we’ll have to put up a running tally for elephants this year!

03/01/2024

Friday from the Field: Blood Origins Connecting the Dots

Excited to share another great look at how hunting effects local communities and areas. Whether abroad, or close to home, hunting is an effective conservation tool

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03/01/2024

02/09/2024

Friday From the Field: 2024 Adventures

Hope that everyone has had a great start to 2024. We are excited to say that we will be joining Field Ethos Journal on their hunt with Crusader Safaris. Below is a link to the adventures we are looking forward to.

As the sun slowly rises above the horizon, we speak in quiet whispers from our vantage point in the mountains of South Africa’s Eastern Cape. A slight breeze...

02/01/2024

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01/31/2024

Headed to SCI show! Call 845-943-5943 if you’d like to meet at show.

01/24/2024

Numbers and stories like these show the great impact that hunting has. This is our WHY

01/12/2024

Another great day at DSC! More to come!

01/10/2024

The show is a day away! See all of y’all there! We can be found at Booth 2017

01/08/2024

Count down to DSC! We’ll see y’all on Thursday!

01/05/2024

Friday from the Field: DSC Convention 2024

We will be excited to be attending the DSC 2024 show next week. It is sure to be a great one before the big move to Georgia in 2025.

You will be able to find us at Booth 2017 - Buchanan Hunts to discuss getting your trophies home. We can also be contacted on our office line and WhatsApp (615-945-4308).

See y'all there!

01/01/2024

Happy New Years! Looking forward to all the adventures that our clients will be going on this year.

09/22/2020

Save the Beasts. Stop the Slaughter

NOTORIOUS CHINESE RHINO HORN TRAFFICKER YANGSEN FENG GETS 15 YEARS

Simon Bloch

A notorious rhino horn trafficker and repeat offender who attempted to corrupt and bribe a police officer last year, has been sentenced to 15 years in a South African prison.

Yangsen Feng, a Johannesburg-based Chinese national, will effectively spend 10 years of the sentence behind bars, following a plea and sentence agreement announced in the Randburg magistrates court yesterday (Monday 21 2020).

Feng, who had separate previous convictions from 2015 and 2018 for the illegal possession and transportation of rhino horn, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for counts 1-3, illegally being in possession of rhino horns and dealing in rhino horns, of which two years was suspended for a period of five years.

He was further sentenced to an additional five years in prison on count 4, the corruption charge, of which three years were suspended for five years.

In March 2019, while facing fresh charges for wildlife trafficking, Feng offered a gratuity of R100 000 to a police officer to recommend the court grant him bail and release from custody, plus the promise of another R50 000 after his release to make the case docket disappear.

However, Feng’s offer of financial bait back-fired, and a sting operation was approved.

The operation led to three other suspects including Feng's girlfriend being arrested, and the money which was intended as the kickback to the officer, confiscated.

According to HAWKS’ media spokesperson Colonel Katlego Mogale, Feng and his accomplices had hatched a plan to rob the police of the bribe money once the transaction was made.

Feng’s girlfriend and accomplice, Lui Li Hong, was arrested during the sting after handing over the money to an undercover cop.

It is understood that Hong, who had been previously convicted in 2018 on illegal rhino horn charges, plus illegal possession of ivory, illegal possession of drugs and illegal immigration, will be deported.

It is not clear if she was expelled in 2018 and illegally re-entered the country after she was ordered to pay R60,000 or face two years in prison, or if she had remained in the country illegally until her re-arrest last year.

Five rhino horns were recovered by the police during the operation.
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