Petition · past parliament

UK Government to ban the importation of Trophies from canned Lion Hunting

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

South Africa should be ashamed of the barbaric captive-bred lion industry.
Only owners of breeding farms and those offering 'canned' hunts benefit from this unethical activity
The UK Government should follow US, France and Netherlands and ban import of captive lion trophies.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

28 Apr 2019 Petition opened for signatures
23 May 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 23 May 2019

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.