Safari Club International

Safari Club International (SCI) is a U.S. based organisation with a membership of trophy hunters. Safari Club members aspire to collect the heads or skins of big game animals.

SCI and the Republicans
In an article on the Humane Society website a consultant to the Humane Society, Michael Satchell, writes "the club contributes large sums to mostly Republican candidates and, not surprisingly, has been able to ingratiate itself with various administrations, most notably the Bush Administration, and with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)."

"With the help of friendly members of Congress and officials in USFWS, SCI has consistently attempted to navigate around the intent of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and import once-banned trophies of endangered and threatened wildlife. Sometimes, the club has succeeded, sometimes not," he wrote. 

On March 17, 2005 the second Bush administration appointed Matthew J. Hogan, the former chief lobbyist for Safari Club International, as the Acting Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service.

People
Accessed June 2009:


 * President Merle A. Shepard
 * President Elect Lawrence Rudolph
 * Corporate Secretary Sven K. Lindquist
 * Corporate Treasurer Kevin K. Anderson
 * Vice President Ron Arendt]]
 * Paul D. Babaz
 * Bruce W. Eavenson
 * Joseph H. Hosmer
 * John W. Nelson
 * Mary Lynn West
 * John S. Whipple
 * Alternate Vice President Cheri Eby
 * Director-at-Large Paul Barstad
 * Ron Bartels
 * Charles "Chuck" Bazzy
 * Mike J. Borel
 * Scott Chapman
 * Michael J. Drewnowski
 * David J. Ekkebus
 * Tony Gioffre
 * Steve M. Greenwell
 * Larry Higgins
 * Robert S. Keagy
 * Charlie Christopher Keller
 * Alan W. Maki
 * Ralph M. Marcum
 * John McLaurin
 * Jeanne Smith Beutecale
 * Bill Stratton
 * Peter C. Theron
 * Elaine M. Vogeler
 * Charles Whitlow
 * Honorary International Director Nicolas Franco
 * Dieter Ochsenbein
 * International Director Guido Bracchetti
 * Terrence L. Cummins
 * Uberto D'Entreves
 * Frank Heger
 * Steffen Heitland
 * Francesc Marti Jusmet
 * Jose A. Martinez De Hoz
 * Archie J. Nesbitt

Contact details
4800 West Gates Pass Road Tucson, Arizona 85745-9490 USA Main Phone: (520) 620-1220 Fax: (520) 622-1205 Web: http://www.safariclub.org

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