At the 2019 General Election, both major parties included a ban on trophy imports in their manifestos. The Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill passed unanimously in the House of Commons in 2023, but was subsequently blocked by a tiny group of unelected peers in the House of Lords.
An identical bill is coming back to the Commons on 22 March 2024.
Please add your name to this letter calling on party leaders (Rishi Sunak MP, Sir Keir Starmer MP and Sir Ed Davey MP) to throw their full support behind it:
Call on UK party leaders to support a ban on imports from trophy hunting – Action Network
Further Reading
“Letter to EU Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries proposing further ban on importing hunting trophies,” Conservation Action Trust, 19 February 2024
“Former Botswana president urges ‘unethical’ Lords to back trophy hunting import ban,” The Telegraph, 22 February 2024
“URGE YOUR MP TO #GETTHEBANDONE,” Born Free Foundation
“Vile trophy hunting travel firm shuts down after owner exposed in investigation,” Mirror, 11 February 2024
“Trophy Hunting: An Unnecessary Evil,” IWB, 11 September 2023
“UK Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill,” IWB, 27 February 2023
“Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill – United Kingdom,” IWB, 6 November 2022
“UK Voters Overwhelmingly Support a Hunting Trophy Import Ban,” IWB, 14 March 2022
“Why Britain should Ban Hunting Trophies ASAP,” IWB, 7 January 2022
“UK Consultation on Hunting Trophies,” IWB, 10 December 2021
““We must end this barbaric practice”” IWB 21 July 2021
“New Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for a Total UK Hunting Trophy Import Ban,” IWB, 26 April 2021
“Is ‘celebrity power’ undermining global conservation efforts?,” IWB, 21 January 2021
“Informing the Debate on Trophy Hunting,” IWB, 17 July 2020
“Call on UK Government – Hunting Trophy Import/Export Ban,” 2 July 2020
“Consultation on controls on the import and export of hunting trophies,” IWB, 4 November 2019