July 17, 2023

ByKarenLapizco

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On Friday, theBelgian Federal government’s Council of Ministers,approved a legislative proposal for a ban on the import of hunting trophies of endangered species put forth by Zakia Khattabi, Minister of Climate, Environment, Sustainable Development and Green Deal.

The Minister’s preliminary draft bill follows the Federal Parliament of the Kingdom of Belgium’sunanimous voteinMarch 2022in support of a resolution demanding that the government put the brakes on the issuance of trophy import permits for a broad array of threatened and endangered species.

The resolution protects species such ashippopotamus, Southern whiterhinos,African savannah elephants, lions, polar bearsandargali sheep,who are sadlykilled for so-called sport. The scope of the resolution also extends to all species listed in Annex A, along with certain species in Annex B, of theEuropean Regulation 338/97on the protection of species of wild fauna…