Over the last few months there has been heated debate around the subject of the proposed ban on imports of hunting trophies into the UK. The proposed Private Members Bill is here Importing of hunting trophies banned to protect world’s threatened species – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Controversy around how the evidence has been gathered remains a heated topic of discussion with many scientists concerned they have not been invited to submit evidence and that many Animal Rights Organisations have been heavily involved. You will see in the proposed bill that they have quotes from Eduardo Gonçalves, the founder of the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting, Claire Bass, executive director of Humane Society International UK and Born Free’s Head of Policy Dr Mark Jones.

However there are eminent Scientists, Conservationists and African Leaders who have come out strongly against the proposed legislation being led by Professor Amy Dickman who is a leading expert on the subject. Professor Amy Dickman | Department of Zoology (ox.ac.uk)

‘Poorly conceived’ trophy hunting bill puts wildlife at risk, UK government told | Hunting | The Guardian

The Bill was withdrawn with Government sources citing that they had run out of Parliamentary time to debate the bill. It is uncertain if the Bill will be reintroduced in the new session of Parliament but sources say they are committed to reintroduce the proposed legislation.

Government says it remains committed to banning hunting trophies – BBC News

We thought it would be relevant to provide a resource from Game and Wildlife Conservation | (cic-wildlife.org) that debunks the claims by some of the AR Orgs so people can read up on the subject based on Scientific evidence.

Debunking the Myths surrounding Trophy Hunting.

The published article below by BASC Home – The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (basc.org.uk) also covers the risk that the legislation could adversely affect deer management in the UK.

Trophy Hunting – The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (basc.org.uk)

If the bill is reintroduced we urge people to email their MPs and provide them with this information and ask them to vote against the proposed legislation.