Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lindsay Hoyle (Labour), on Wednesday, 16 June 2004, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 169 members in total.

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TROPHY HUNTING

That this House deplores the activity of trophy hunting endangered animals; notes that, for the Government to issue import licences for trophies from animals listed in Appendix 1 of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), it must be satisfied that the profits from trophy hunting are used for the purposes of conservation of the endangered species; further notes that a recent League Against Cruel Sports investigation exposed a UK travel firm admitting that 90 per cent. of the trophy fees paid by the UK hunters do not go to conservation efforts; and calls on the Government to suspend all imports of hunting trophies from CITES Appendix I listed species including the cheetah, leopard and rhinoceros.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1363 

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Hunting Nature conservation Wildlife

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk