Namibia To Lose N$260m Over Uk’s Anti-trophy Hunting Bill

[Hoas]

Namibia to lose N$260m over UK’s anti-trophy hunting bill

%%title%% %%sep%% %%primary_category%% %%sep%% %%sitename%% %%sep%% Namibia stands to lose more than N$260 million annually in potential revenue from the hunting industry due to the decision by the United Kingdom’s ruling Labour Party to implement an anti-trophy hunting bill.

www.namibian.com.na

Namibia stands to lose more than N$260 million annually in potential revenue from the hunting industry due to the decision by the United Kingdom’s ruling Labour Party to implement an anti-trophy hunting bill.

In 2022 the minister of environment, forestry, and tourism Pohamba Shifeta said the banning of hunting trophy imports by the United Kingdom (UK), Belgium, and Finland may have negative consequences for Namibia and its wildlife.

“We understand their intention is to protect animal species hunted in Namibia and other African countries – an intention that is shared by the Namibian government,” he said.

Shifeta at the time said Namibia’s wildlife population generates 13,6 million euros (about N$260 million) in annual hunting revenue and employs more than 6,000 people in rural areas.

Namibia plans to take on the new UK government on its stance on the anti-trophy hunting bill and the immigration laws the Conservative Party has previously enforced.

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[Doug Hamilton]

Namibia to lose N$260m over UK’s anti-trophy hunting bill

%%title%% %%sep%% %%primary_category%% %%sep%% %%sitename%% %%sep%% Namibia stands to lose more than N$260 million annually in potential revenue from the hunting industry due to the decision by the United Kingdom’s ruling Labour Party to implement an anti-trophy hunting bill.

www.namibian.com.na

Namibia stands to lose more than N$260 million annually in potential revenue from the hunting industry due to the decision by the United Kingdom’s ruling Labour Party to implement an anti-trophy hunting bill.

In 2022 the minister of environment, forestry, and tourism Pohamba Shifeta said the banning of hunting trophy imports by the United Kingdom (UK), Belgium, and Finland may have negative consequences for Namibia and its wildlife.

“We understand their intention is to protect animal species hunted in Namibia and other African countries – an intention that is shared by the Namibian government,” he said.

Shifeta at the time said Namibia’s wildlife population generates 13,6 million euros (about N$260 million) in annual hunting revenue and employs more than 6,000 people in rural areas.

Namibia plans to take on the new UK government on its stance on the anti-trophy hunting bill and the immigration laws the Conservative Party has previously enforced.

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The US is bad, the UK is worse. the Loony Left knows no limits when it comes to telling other people how to manage their wildlife.

 

[Scolopax]

This had been on the cards for a number of years here, the outgoing right wing government almost got the ban over the line but ran out of parliamentary time. This labour government have pledged it in their manifesto but have not brought it forward for their first year legislation plans, but no doubt will further down the line. The current labour environment minister wants to ban the import of cites annexe i and ii species, but who knows how this will pan out and whether it’s a complete ban on all importation.

Ironically, there is no plan to ban the export of hunting trophies sourced from within the UK!

 

[Canadaboy]

Our own genius politicians here in Canada recently banned all imports of ivory from legally hunted elephants. They preach anti colonialism, yet won’t believe that stable African democracies know how to manage their own wildlife…

To be honest it just makes me want try elephant hunting even more!

 

[Scolopax]

The problem is, once one nation does it within Europe, others will follow. As others have said Germany is considering a ban on importing…..

 

[deewayne2003]

The problem is, once one nation does it within Europe, others will follow. As others have said Germany is considering a ban on importing…..

Agreed, Thankfully Botswana's president had the best response to this....

Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany

Germany wants tougher limits on hunting the animals, but Botswana says it has too many of them.

www.bbc.com

 

[SRvet]

The blinkered approach of our UK politicians is unbelievable. I am embarrassed that they are taking such a neocolonialist attitude to an issue that they quite simply know nothing about.

 

[analog_peninsula]

The Left just continues to love their animals to death. Sigh.

 

[Altitude sickness]

They are racists for depriving Black people a living and political will