2025/2026 Sport Hunted Elephant Import Laws to USA

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Does anyone understand the impendng rule changes for importing elephant back to the US? I cannot make sense of the rules. Are Category I, II the same as Appendix I, II countries? How do you get the right paperwork?

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G
 
I had a conversation with Jerad Dabney at Adventure Permits International. He’s handling my leopard import permit. He’s dialed in on all of the big 5 and where they can be imported from.
 
Thanks all. I saw the forms on Conservation Force. I assume the same could be used for leopard.
 
You contact conservation force or adventure permits. If you want your import permit you don’t do it on your own.
I would NEVER try to import an elephant on my own. Only Conservation Force can do this for you
 

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