Local NGOs lobby House of Lords over hunting
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In the news again: The House of Lords today takes on the second reading of a bill to block wildlife imports into the UK PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Today’s debate on the second reading of the Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill is just one more step towards passing a law many communities who live alongside wildlife in Botswana and the Southern African region, have been dreading.
The bill’s presence in the House of Lords follows a process in the House of Commons, the ordinary parliamentary platform it went through in March this year.
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