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Hunting

Asked by Bob BlackmanConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 9 September 2025UIN 74374

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will set out the scope the proposed ban on trophy hunting imports.

Answered by Mary Creagh

Defra is continuing to engage with relevant stakeholders to help determine the most appropriate scope of a ban on the import of hunting trophies from species of conservation concern. Species of conservation concern are listed on the Appendices of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) according to the level of threat international trade has on their conservation status.

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