Researchers led by the University of Oxford's Department of Biology and the Oxford Martin Program on Wildlife Trade have reported findings from a study into the UK's role in the international hunting trophy trade in the journal Conservation Science and Practice.
Their analysis indicates that a proposed UK Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill that MPs voted to support last year (before a new government was elected this year) was disproportionate and may cause more harm than good to the species it was intended to protect. The new Labor government has also committed to a similar import ban in their manifesto.
The researchers' analysis was based on data from CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) and the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List of Threatened Species.
Key findings
For the period 2000–2021:
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