Call for evidence outcome

Hunting trophies: call for evidence

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 2 November 2019
• Last updated: 10 December 2021 — See all updates

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

This call for evidence has closed

Detail of outcome

We received over 44,000 responses to this call for evidence and consultation. Based on the results, we will be banning the import of hunting trophies from:

• species on Annex A and B of the UK Wildlife Trade Regulations
• additional endangered and threatened species not covered by these regulations but subject to hunting and of particular conservation concern

We will bring forward this new legislation as soon as parliamentary time allows and will be setting out our detailed plans for action soon.

Read the summary of responses and government response.

13 October 2020: The consultation and call for evidence received 44,470 responses. The COVID-19 emergency set the timetable back, as many of our officials formed part of the response to the pandemic. However, we’re continuing to work on this important area and will publish a response as soon as we can.

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Original call for evidence

Summary

We are asking for evidence to help us understand more about the scale of imports and export of hunting trophies to and from the UK, and their impacts.

This call for evidence was held on another website.

This call for evidence ran from
2 November 2019 to 11:45pm on 25 February 2020

Call for evidence description

We are seeking evidence on the impacts of trophy hunting and the import and export of hunting trophies to and from the UK. In particular, we’re looking to understand:

• the number of hunting trophies entering and leaving the UK
• the effect of stricter controls on UK businesses
• effects of trophy hunting
• existing restrictions in other countries

This call for evidence is being held at the same time as our consultation on controls of the import and export of hunting trophies. We will use the information from both to determine whether further action is required.

Update: The closing closing date has been extended by 1 month to 25 February 2020.

Published 2 November 2019
Last updated 10 December 2021 + show all updates

1. 10 December 2021

   Added the summary of responses and government response.

2. 13 October 2020

   Added a note to say how many responses the consultation and call for evidence received, and to explain why there's a delay to publishing a summary of the responses.

3. 15 May 2020

   Added a note to explain that there will be a delay to publishing the summary of responses to this call for evidence.

4. 24 January 2020

   The consultation closing date has been extended by 1 month to 25 February 2020. This is because some individuals and organisations may not have been able to fully engage in this call for evidence as a result of the pre-election and Christmas periods.

5. 2 November 2019

   First published.