Labour keep your promises, ban the import of hunting trophies

Labour: Keep your promises, ban the import of hunting trophies

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Dear Secretary of State (Emma Reynolds MP)

Every year, British hunters travel abroad to shoot some of the world's most magnificent and endangered animals - not for food, not for survival, but for fun. They come home with bones, skins, skulls and feet as souvenirs. And every year, the British government lets them.

Recent mainstream media coverage (as of May 2026) has put faces to this industry - they are the faces of ordinary people from British towns and cities, travelling abroad to kill for kicks and shipping the body parts home as macabre mementos.

Giraffes are now Britain's most hunted trophy animal. Let that sink in. Giraffes - gentle, towering, increasingly endangered animals - are being shot so their bones and skins can gather dust on British shelves. And it is still largely legal to import these trophies.

A recent Guardian opinion piece made clear that a ban on trophy imports is long overdue. It highlighted one Sussex man who described shooting a critically endangered black rhinoceros, as well as lions and elephants, as "like mainlining on heroin." This is cruelty dressed up as a hobby, and the fact that it remains legal and socially acceptable in 2026 is a national embarrassment.

Labour promised in its 2024 general election manifesto to ban the import of hunting trophies. Many voters believed them. Nine out of ten British people support a ban. The House of Commons voted unanimously in favour of one. Yet the government has now confirmed there is no date set for delivering this commitment. No date. No timeline. No urgency.

Animals are dying while ministers dither.
The black rhinoceros, the lion, the elephant, the giraffe, the leopard. These are not abstract symbols -  they are living, sentient beings facing extinction, and British hunters are killing them and calling it ‘sport’. Every week of delay is another week of slaughter that this government has the power to stop.

We are calling on you, and the Labour government to honour your manifesto commitment without further delay and introduce a trophy import ban in the current parliamentary session.

I look forward to your response.

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