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Animal Products: Import Controls

Asked by Seamus LoganScottish National PartyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 21 April 2026UIN 128147

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what definition of endangered she proposes to use in legislation on banning imports of hunting trophies from endangered species.

Answered by Mary Creagh

The Government is committed to delivering on its manifesto commitment to ban the import of hunting trophies from species of conservation concern. Defra is continuing to engage with relevant stakeholders to help determine the most appropriate scope for a ban. Species of conservation concern are listed primarily on Appendices I and II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) based on the level of threat that international trade poses to their conservation status.

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