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Director of the African Wildlife Economy Institute and author of IEA research on banning hunting trophy imports, Dr Francis Vorhies, has written for The Daily Mail on the topic of trophy hunting and the harmful consequences of Labour’s proposed ban on importing hunting trophies.
Francis wrote:
“Labour has pledged to ban the import of all hunting trophies. Sir Keir Starmer’s government aims to take a private member’s bill, introduced under the previous Conservative administration and extend it to cover not only endangered species but all animals.
“This is an hugely arrogant bid to dictate to African nations how they should manage their wildlife.
“Yet to extend this high-handed virtue-signalling to other countries is going much further. To many in Africa, it smacks of outright colonialism. Dr Shylock Muyengwa, a director at the conservation charity Resource Africa, says: ‘Colonialism is over — yet British politicians still forget to respect the will of African communities.
“It’s easy for British people who don’t have to cope with Africa’s conservation challenges to brush them aside. I can understand why the issue is an emotional one, as most Europeans have grown up watching wildlife documentaries on TV and regard Africa’s mega-fauna as almost sacred.”
You can read Francis’ full piece here.
You can also read a full version of The Elephant in the Room: Why a Trophy Hunting Ban Would Hurt Conservation and Development.
Francis wrote:
“Labour has pledged to ban the import of all hunting trophies. Sir Keir Starmer’s government aims to take a private member’s bill, introduced under the previous Conservative administration and extend it to cover not only endangered species but all animals.
“This is an hugely arrogant bid to dictate to African nations how they should manage their wildlife.
“Yet to extend this high-handed virtue-signalling to other countries is going much further. To many in Africa, it smacks of outright colonialism. Dr Shylock Muyengwa, a director at the conservation charity Resource Africa, says: ‘Colonialism is over — yet British politicians still forget to respect the will of African communities.
“It’s easy for British people who don’t have to cope with Africa’s conservation challenges to brush them aside. I can understand why the issue is an emotional one, as most Europeans have grown up watching wildlife documentaries on TV and regard Africa’s mega-fauna as almost sacred.”
You can read Francis’ full piece here.
You can also read a full version of The Elephant in the Room: Why a Trophy Hunting Ban Would Hurt Conservation and Development.
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