Showdown over hunting reaches Westminster

A statement seen by Mmegi this week and endorsed by the High Commissioners of five regional countries to the United Kingdom, called on British lawmakers to consider the importance of hunting proceeds to conservation and communities.

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.