TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE ............................................................................................................................... 4 WHY IT MATTERS ............................................................................................................................................... 6 BIG FIVE: THOUSANDS OF ANIMALS KILLED ........................................................................................................ 8 BY SCI MEMBERS ............................................................................................................................................... 8 LION (2,007 KILLS) ........................................................................................................................................................ 8 LION TROPHY PHOTOS ......................................................................................................................................... 8 AFRICAN ELEPHANT (791 KILLS) ..................................................................................................................................... 12 ELEPHANT TROPHY PHOTOS .............................................................................................................................. 12 RHINO (572 KILLS) ...................................................................................................................................................... 15 BLACK RHINO TROPHY PHOTOS ......................................................................................................................... 15 WHITE RHINO TROPHY PHOTOS ........................................................................................................................ 17 AFRICAN LEOPARD (1,888 KILLS) ................................................................................................................................... 21 LEOPARD TROPHY PHOTOS ................................................................................................................................ 22 CAPE BUFFALO (3,238 KILLS) ........................................................................................................................................ 26 CAPE BUFFALO TROPHY PHOTOS ....................................................................................................................... 26 GRAND SLAMS, INNER CIRCLES AND SCI’S “SUPER BOWL RING OF HUNTING” .................................................... 29 SCI AWARD CATEGORIES .............................................................................................................................................. 29 SCI RECORD BOOK ....................................................................................................................................................... 31 WORLD HUNTING AWARD RING ..................................................................................................................................... 31 “SUPER BOWL RING OF HUNTING” .................................................................................................................... 32 NORTH AMERICA AND AFRICAN “GRAND SLAMS” .............................................................................................................. 32 NORTH AMERICAN 29 ........................................................................................................................................ 33 AFRICAN 29 ........................................................................................................................................................ 33 OTHER GRAND SLAMS THAT QUALIFY FOR WORLD HUNTING RING ....................................................................................... 34 BEARS OF THE WORLD ....................................................................................................................................... 34 CATS OF THE WORLD ......................................................................................................................................... 34 EUROPEAN DEER SLAM ...................................................................................................................................... 35 MOOSE OF THE WORLD ..................................................................................................................................... 35 SOUTH AMERICAN INDIGENOUS ANIMALS ........................................................................................................ 36 OTHER SCI GRAND SLAMS .................................................................................................................................. 36 INNER CIRCLES ............................................................................................................................................................ 37 CONTINENTAL AWARDS ................................................................................................................................................ 40 WALTER PALMER .............................................................................................................................................. 42 NORTH AMERICAN 12 AWARD ....................................................................................................................................... 42 PALMER’S RECORDS WIPED—BUT ARCHIVED RHINO ENTRY REMAINS ............................................................ 43 EXAMPLES OF EXCESS: WORLD HUNTING AWARD RING WINNERS ..................................................................... 45 RENEE SNIDER (ELK GROVE, CALIF.) ................................................................................................................... 46 HUSBAND MADE FORTUNE SELLING CARS ........................................................................................................................ 46 HUNTED NEARLY 400 DIFFERENT SPECIES ON SIX CONTINENTS ............................................................................................ 47 “TRIPLE‐SLAMMER,” GOLDEN MALEK ................................................................................................................ 47 OVER 300 SCI RECORD BOOK ENTRIES ............................................................................................................................ 47 KILLED ENDANGERED CHEETAH, SOUGHT TROPHY IMPORT PERMIT ....................................................................................... 48 1 | TROPHY PERMIT ................................................................................................................................................. 49 SCI HAS LONG SOUGHT TO LOOSEN CHEETAH PROTECTIONS ........................................................................... 49 IMPORTED POLAR BEAR TROPHY FROM CANADA ............................................................................................................... 50 IMPORT PERMIT FOR STRAIGHT‐HORNED MARKHOR .......................................................................................................... 51 RECEIVED UNIVERSITY’S HELP TO FULFILL HUNTING WISH LIST ............................................................................................. 51 MUSEUM SCRAPPED .......................................................................................................................................... 52 ALAN AND BARBARA SACKMAN (SANDS POINT, N.Y.) ....................................................................................... 54 NEARLY 600 COMBINED RECORD BOOK ENTRIES ............................................................................................................... 54 VULNERABLE AND ENDANGERED SPECIES KILLED BY SACKMANS ............................................................................................ 55 WHITE‐LIPPED PECCARY ..................................................................................................................................... 55 BLACK RHINOCEROS ........................................................................................................................................... 56 STRAIGHT‐HORNED MARKHOR ....................................................................................................................................... 57 SUED BY STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR “VIOLENCE” IN EVICTING TENANTS .......................................................................... 58 RALPH MARCUM (COLUMBIANA, ALA.) ............................................................................................................. 59 OVER 160 RECORDED KILLS, 22 AFRICAN SAFARIS ............................................................................................................. 59 SCI RECORD BOOK ENTRIES ................................................................................................................................ 60 FILED LAWSUIT TO BRING BACK ELEPHANT TROPHY FROM ZAMBIA........................................................................................ 60 “WASTE OF JUDICIAL RESOURCES” .................................................................................................................... 61 TROPHY HUNTING BAN IN ZAMBIA .................................................................................................................... 61 BONTEBOK TROPHY ...................................................................................................................................................... 62 VIOLATED