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Banner image – Generic licensed image of cheetah with young cubs “‘Notorious’ trophy hunter brags about killing cheetah cubs – posting dead bodies online,” Daily Mirror, 26 August 2024 “My name is Cameron Hopkins and I proudly killed three cheetah cubs… I’d do it again under the same circumstances….A mother …
Banner Image: Amboseli icons Tim and Kilimanjaro, Amboseli National Park 2016, Kenya – image courtesy ElephantVoices A letter titled “Stop elephant hunting in Tanzania borderlands” appeared in Science journal 19 July 2024 – the letter was jointly authored by twenty four eminent scientists and advocates, with the letter first published …
As reported in the Daily Maverick (18 March 2024), the Republic of South Africa Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) invited submissions regarding the “draft National Biodiversity Economy Strategy (NBES)“ as notified in Government Gazette, No. 50279, dated 8 March 2024. As well as expanding ‘conservation areas’ the draft NBES …
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. A new …
United Kingdom – Trophy Hunting (Import Prohibition) Bill The Trophy Hunting (Import Prohibition) Bill passed virtually unhindered through the United Kingdom House of Commons, only to be thwarted by a handful of unelected peers in the House of Lords in September 2023 – there has been a disingenuous PR campaign against …
The Republic of South Africa, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and The Environment (DFFE) has issued its “Draft Policy Position on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Elephant, Lion, Leopard and Rhinoceros” – Government Gazette, No. 49322, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment (DFFE), dated 19 September 2023. There are many contradictions between …
The “Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill” heads for Committee Stage in the United Kingdom House of Lords on 12 September 2023. In response to tabled amendments to the Bill, the Humane Society International (HSI) UK has prepared a formal briefing – “Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill – HL Bill 119, Briefing …
The “Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill” is due for Report Stage/3rd Reading on Friday 17 March 2023. [Update] The bill passed the Report Stage on the 17 March 2023 and will now proceed from the Commons to the next stages in the House of Lords. “Ban on imports of animal hunting …
United Kingdom Hunting Trophy Imports On the 25 November 2022, the first reading of Henry Smith MP’s “Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill” took place in the United Kingdom House of Commons – the bill passed unopposed to the next Committee Stage due 25 January 2023. The bill has the potential to …
The Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill, sponsored by Henry Smith MP [draft bill published 23 November 2022] was read in the United Kingdom House of Commons on 25 November 2022 [Parliament Live TV achieve (10:49 onwards) link and/or the transcript]. [Update] The bill passed Committee stage 25 January 2023, the Report Stage/3rd …
