Ban trophy hunting of all wild animals

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

With the decline in the populations of many wild animals across the world, including tigers, elephants, rhinos and hyenas, now is the time to ban trophy hunting of all wild animals.

Now is the time to ban it!

This is a quote taken from the Living Planet report made in 2018.

Plummeting numbers of mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds and fish around the world are an urgent sign that nature needs life support. Our Living Planet Report 2018 shows population sizes of wildlife decreased by 60% globally between 1970 and 2014.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We can only accept petitions which call for actions that are the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament. The hunting of wild animals outside the UK is the responsibility of the government in that country and not the UK Government or Parliament.

You could start a new petition asking to ban the import of wild animal trophies into the UK, if that's something you'd like to see happen.

Timeline

15 Jun 2019	Petition opened for signatures
11 Jul 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 11 Jul 2019

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