Fauna & Flora Renews Corporate Sponsorship with SCI
Safari Club International 01.03.14
Safari Club International and long-time SCI supporter Fauna & Flora Customhouse Brokerage Co., Inc. have announced the renewal of their corporate sponsorship.
“We are honored to have a company that is such a staunch supporter of hunters’ rights as well as a believer in the values that have always made America great as a corporate sponsor of SCI,” said Phil DeLone, Safari Club International Executive Director. “Their values mirror those of our membership, and we look forward to a long and prosperous relationship.”
Established in 1981 by John and Suzanne Meehan, Fauna & Flora Customhouse Brokerage Co., Inc. has emerged as a leader in the customhouse brokerage and transportation industries. The company encounters and resolves global challenges such as changing government regulations and rising transportation and insurance costs. Utilizing a global network of partners, Fauna & Flora offers complete service to the import and export community for both air and ocean shipping for a variety of products, including live animals. The company’s primary goals remain to provide innovative shipping programs and earn their customers’ complete satisfaction. The company also participates in many humanitarian projects that benefit the needy and less fortunate as well as rescue relief programs for animals. And, believing in America’s freedom and security, Fauna & Flora CHB is a validated participant of the CBP program C-TPAT (Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism).
More information on Jamaica, New York-based Fauna & Flora Customhouse Brokerage Co., Inc. is available at www.faunaandflora.com, or by calling (800) 886-3286 or (718) 977-7700. More information on Tucson, AZ-based Safari Club International is available at www.safariclub.org, or by calling (520) 620-1220.
Protecting hunters’ rights and promoting wildlife conservation, SCI’s two areas of focus, historically has been the interest of hundreds of individuals long before SCI was established. But how did SCI as an organization begin?
Forty years ago, there were many safari clubs across the country made up of local, unaffiliated groups of hunters. One such was Safari Club of Los Angeles, which was formed in April 1971 by forty-seven individuals. In early 1972, an out-of-towner from a similar club in Chicago attended one of the monthly Wednesday night meetings, and it was decided that the L.A. club should attempt to combine with the one in Chicago to make it an affiliated chapter. The founder of Safari Club of Los Angeles, C.J. McElroy, went to the Windy City and instituted the new chapter.
Eleven months after the formation of Safari Club of Los Angeles, on March 9, 1972, the name was changed officially to Safari Club International. SCI continued to reach out to other independent safari clubs throughout the United States in an effort to combine them into a single overall organization.
Today, interest in SCI’s two primary missions has grown a worldwide network. Subsequent involvement and promotion of these missions is rooted in each of our 55,000 members, supported through each of our 190 membership chapters found across the globe, and put into action by government representatives and personnel both nationally and internationally.
In this way, we can encourage an appreciation for nature and wildlife so that conservation efforts remain strong, while also fighting to protect our rich hunting heritage. Big changes can be achieved through the endeavors of many who are united in a mission – the mission of Safari Club International.
