Between 2015 and
2019 alone, British hunters brought home
approximately 5,000 hunting trophies, body parts and
carcasses of animals they slaughtered. And roughly a
fifth of those were from endangered species.
But British people are changing their minds
about trophy hunting, and the majority think it
unnecessarily hurts wild animals. It doesn't have to be
this way, and a proposed bill hopes to dramatically
reduce trophy hunting imports.
The proposed ban
not only includes the 6,000 animals that are threatened
by international trade, but an additional 1,000 species
whose protection status is near-threatened or worse.
This includes iconic, charismatic megafauna such
as rhinos, polar bears, and
elephants.
Unfortunately, this ban was
announced two years ago, and it may not come to
parliament until the upcoming spring or
summer. But innocent endangered animals
cannot wait for this ban to take effect any longer --
hundreds have died in the waiting period already. Sign the petition demanding
that the UK Parliament fast track this ban
now!