Gov’t, communities face another hunting showdown in UK

Representatives of the communities living with wildlife in the country plan to travel to London later this month to lobby, ahead of the debate which is tentatively scheduled for March 18. Meanwhile, government is reportedly working with other communities and the Botswana Wildlife Producers Association (BWPA) to lead Southern Africa’s resistance to the planned bill.

After the defeat of a similar effort at the House of Lords last year, Labour's John Spellar has launched a Private Members Bill to ban hunting trophies. The move would mean hunters returning to the UK with their trophies would not be able to get them into that country, thus discouraging hunting.