Elephant in the Room, new IEA research warning that a proposed ban on hunting trophy imports would hurt conservation and development, has been featured on Sky News.

The article said:

“The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), a pro-free market thinktank, said the policy is “illiberal, harmful to conservation efforts, and detrimental to local communities in source countries”.

“A bill to ban bringing hunting trophies into the UK was brought by a Conservative MP under the last government, and Labour’s manifesto also pledged to ban it.

“Dr Francis Vorhies, author of the Elephant In The Room paper and founder of the African Wildlife Economy Institute in South Africa, argued that safari hunters bringing animal parts back to the UK can help conservation.”

Read the full article here.

You can also read a full copy of Elephant in the Room: Why a trophy hunting ban would hurt conservation and development.