Swarovski Renews SCI Partnership
Safari Club International 01.28.14
Swarovski Optik and Safari Club International have announced a renewal of their long-time corporate partnership. “We are very excited about renewing our valued partnership with Swarovski Optik,” said SCI President Craig Kauffman. “Just as SCI is committed to excellence, so is Swarovski in the design, production and service of some of the world’s finest optics–many of which SCI members worldwide depend on in the toughest hunting conditions. In addition, Swarovski Optik is committed to supporting the freedom to hunt around the globe, as well as the conservation of wildlife everywhere. They also continue to strongly support SCI’s International Wildlife Museum. They are a perfect fit with SCI Members and our conservation mission.”
Swarovski Optik builds and markets a wide array of optics for hunting, birding, marine use, and travel & leisure, including binoculars, spotting scopes, optronics, digiscoping products and a wide range of accessories. The company is a family-run business and, as such, is constantly thinking of how it can pass it on to the next generation — a big reason why the company does not simply think about the next five or ten years, but about future generations and its commitment to quality and service.
More information on the company’s products is available at www.swarovskioptik.com. More information on Safari Club International is available at www.safariclub.org, or by calling (520) 620-1220 for more information
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.
