UK government put under ‘considerable pressure’, says chair of all-party parliamentary group on banning trophy hunting

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/29/us-hunting-lobby-spent-1m-on-fight-to-delay-uk-trophy-import-ban

Helena HortonEnvironment reporterWed 29 Jun 2022 01.00 EDT

The US hunting lobby has spent £1m putting pressure on the government to delay the trophy import ban, a new report by MPs has found.

Boris Johnson promised to ban the imports of these trophies three years ago, but the legislation has still not gone through parliament. Because of the delay, the Conservative MP and animal welfare campaigner Henry Smith has put forward his own private member’s bill to ban imports of hunting trophies.

A new report from the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on banning trophy hunting has detailed the lobbying efforts of international hunting groups.

The report found that the US-based hunting lobby group Safari Club…