US hunting lobby spent ?1m on fight to delay UK trophy import ban

UK government put under 'considerable pressure', says chair of all-party parliamentary group on banning trophy huntingThe US hunting lobby has spent ?1m putting pressure on the government to delay the trophy import ban, a new report by MPs has found.Boris Johnson promised to ban the imports of these trophies three years ago, but the legislation has still not gone through parliament. Because of the delay, the Conservative MP and animal welfare campaigner Henry Smith has put forward his own private member's bill to ban imports of hunting trophies. Continue reading...