British big game hunters to be banned from bringing trophies home

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Britons who kill endangered animals abroad for fun will not be able to bring their hunting trophies home, the government has announced.

The proposed law will prevent big game hunters from bringing home body parts of 7,000 species including lions, rhinos, elephants and polar bears. It comes two years after the government pledged to introduce a ban.

The environment secretary, George Eustice, said the measure was expected to be one of the toughest in the world and would go beyond the government’s manifesto commitment by including near-threatened and threatened species as well as endangered ones.

“We will be leading the way in protecting endangered animals and helping to strengthen and support long-term conservation,” he said.


https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/dec/10/british-big-game-hunters-to-be-banned-from-bringing-trophies-home