I need your support to end imports of hunting trophies to Britain

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Dear John,

If you feel, as Born Free does, that Britain must take a stand against the sickening sport of trophy hunting and ban the import of hunting trophies, I need your help today.

It’s now been over three years since the Conservative Government promised to introduce a ban on the import of hunting trophies from threatened and endangered species into the UK in its 2019 Election Manifesto.  

The promised ban received very strong public support following a public consultation, launched in November 2019. Repeated public opinion surveys have since confirmed overwhelming support among voter groups of all ages and political persuasions across all regions of the UK.

The promise was reiterated in DEFRA’s Action Plan for Animal Welfare ( [link removed] ) published in May 2021.
However, last year the Government inexplicably dropped its plans to table the ban as part of Government business when it abandoned its ‘Animals Abroad Bill’ which would have included the ban, alongside a raft of additional, progressive animal welfare measures.  

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Instead, the ban has now been proposed as a Private Member’s Bill entitled the 'Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill' ( [link removed] ) sponsored by Crawley MP Henry Smith, with Government support.

The Bill’s Report Stage, the final stage of the Bill in the Commons before it has its Third Reading and passes to the House of Lords, is due to take place on the morning of Friday 17th March.

In order to ensure its continued progress through the parliamentary process, it is vital that as many MPs as possible from all political parties attend the Report stage and support the Bill’s passage in its current form.

This is why we need YOUR help – we need you to write to your MP and urge them to attend Parliament on 17th March and support Henry Smith’s Bill.

With your help, it’s time to #GetTheBanDone ( [link removed] ).

How You Can Help

You can write to your local MP, using our template letter, and politely but firmly ask them to support Henry Smith's Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill through its remaining stages in the House of Commons, scheduled for Friday 17th March.

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TEMPLATE LETTER ( www.bornfree.org.uk/storage/media/content/files/Letters/Template%20letter%20to%20MPs%20Henry%20Smith%20Bill%20Report%20Stage.pdf?utm_campaign=action-alert-23-02-23&utm_medium=email&utm_source=dotmailer&utm_content=its-tim-to-end-trophy-imports&campaignkw=Template%20Letter%20button )

On behalf of everyone at Born Free, I want to personally thank you for your support.

Will Travers OBE
Executive President

Born Free

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